The Sputnik stool and table both have a lacquered steel base designed to recall the spindly legs of Sputnik, the first satellite to be launched into space in 1957.

The surface of the table and the curved seat of the stool are both removable and made of cork. "Cork was chosen because it is an environmentally friendly material, natural, renewable and recyclable," the designers told Dezeen.

The studio also launched its Santorini lamps, which are assembled from cylinders of recycled glass and wooden pieces that combine in various ways to direct and control the light.

Estudio Sputnik also launched the K collection of stackable china made from enamelled ceramic and wood. "When not needed, the dishes can be stacked in multiple ways creating visually appealing objects used as decoration," the designers explained.

"The common theme for the three collections is the promotion of interaction between object and user, customisable products, and the use of sustainable materials," they added.

The collections were presented in the Nude young designers zone at Feria Hábitat Valencia in September.

The four designers met while studying industrial engineering at Cardenal Herrera University in Valencia and formed Estudio Sputnik just under a year ago.

We recently featured another collection of stackable modular vessels.

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The pieces were made with Staffordshire ceramics company 1882 Ltd using ceramic powders in a process that combined 3D printing with traditional firing methods.

1882 Ltd. was formed last year by Emily Johnson to continue her family's ceramics legacy. The company is named after the year in which the Johnsons first began producing ceramics at Stoke on Trent Potteries.

The collection was launched at an exhibition hosted by 1882 Ltd during the London Design Festival until yesterday, alongside Plates by Emily Johnson and Crockery by Max Lamb.

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Here's some more information from the designer:

Bone China: New works by Max Lamb, Suzanne Trocmé & Emily Johnson
London Design Festival 2012

In 1882 the Johnson Brothers began producing ceramics in the heart of the Stoke-on-Trent Potteries. 130 years later, 1882 Ltd continues the Johnson legacy with the launch of two collections of fine bone china: Crockery by Max Lamb and Plates by Emily Johnson. Joining them is Suzanne Trocmé with her inaugural collection, Aspirals.

Aspirals is based upon the möbius, a continuous form which is not unfamiliar but usually exists sculpturally rather than as a functioning object because it is almost impossible to manipulate it into a useful form.

The bowl and egg cup have been made in 3D printed ceramic, a sintering process that has its own challenges in ceramic powder. The Aspirals have been experimental for three years, when Trocmé first worked with the möbius form and tried to design a form that could have a base but still retain the illusion of the continuum. At first she tried to make the form using lost wax out of metals, but the process proved too difficult because there always had to be a way to hold on to the piece in manufacture.

When putting together British Bone last year with Emily Johnson, Trocmé decided to see if the forms could be made somehow in ceramic. The pieces are fired at 1200 degrees, so produced in a combination of ways - rapid prototyping and traditional firing methods.

Currently in bone white and a soft black, the black resembles a finish Trocmé used to produce many years ago with pieces I made at the wheel in pot, and then burnished with a spoon and fired in an underground home made peat kiln.

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The resulting forms were used to make plaster moulds from which jugs, bowls and mugs were slip-cast by Staffordshire ceramics company 1882 Ltd.

While the exterior surfaces have been left raw, the interiors are glazed for practical use.

The collection will be launched at an exhibition hosted by 1882 Ltd. during the London Design Festival next month.

Bone China will be open from 14 to 22 September at 169 Draycott Avenue, London SW3 3AJ.

Other products by Lamb we've featured on Dezeen include a bronze chair cast from hand-carved polystyrene and furniture cut from solid rock.

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Here's some more information from 1882 Ltd.:

Crockery by Max Lamb for 1882 Ltd.
Fine bone china tableware, made in Staffordshire, England.

A collection of fine bone china tableware slip-cast from plaster models carved by hand, with glazed interior for functionality and raw exterior reflecting the modest surface texture of the plaster original.

The process of slip-casting begins with the creation of a three-dimensional model of the design known as a 'master' by a professional model-maker, from which the production mould is cast. Crockery bypasses this process by placing the responsibility of both designer and model-maker in the hands of Max Lamb. Using the tools of a stone mason Lamb chips and carves a solid block of plaster to make a jug, bowl or mug, the design of each formed quite simply out of their own making.

1882

In 1882 the Johnson Brothers began producing ceramics in the heart of the Stoke-on-Trent Potteries. 130 years later 1882 Ltd. continues the Johnson legacy with the company name evoking the deep routes of the family heritage. 1882 Ltd. was formed in 2011 by fifth generation Emily Johnson and her father, Christopher, who has worked in the industry since 1958. The first collection for 1882 Ltd. were the much heralded lights entitled ‘Bone’ - bisque and rumbled white bone china vessels offering a diffused illumination which celebrate the translucency of the fine bone china.

1882 Ltd’s mission is to champion inventively designed ceramic products from lighting to domestic ware whilst employing the manufacturing heritage of North Staffordshire and promoting the British ceramic industry. In collaborating with exceptionally talented designers to realise their interpretation of a very traditional material and craft, 1882 Ltd. will bring innovative ceramics to a wider audience while supporting a valuable UK resource.

Max Lamb

London-based Max Lamb was born in Cornwall, England, an upbringing that imbued him with a love of nature and a creative spirit which have manifested in his practice as designer and maker. He graduated from the Royal College of Art, London in 2006, was named Designer of the Future at Design Miami/Basel in 2008 and continues to both produce and exhibit his work internationally.

Lamb is known for creating beautifully crafted pieces that have materials and traditional processes at their core. He looks to design products that stimulate dialogue between maker, product and user through a visual simplicity that effectively communicates the obvious.

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Graduate designer Daniel Rawlings has created a series of vases by heat-shrinking plastic tubing around broken crockery.

Rawlings completed the project while studying at Kingston University and exhibited it at graduate show New Designers in London last month.

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Here's a bit of text from Rawlings:

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Heat shrink series, a range of products utilising heat-shrink tubing (heat sensitive plastic that when in contact with a temperature above 150 degrees will shrink in size). A variety of household vessels comprising of reclaimed crockery brought back to life with heat-shrink. The heat-shrink shrouds existing vessels to exaggerate and extend their current forms whilst also reviving a lost functionality.

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