Licking Rocks tea set by Julia Schwarz for Simiæn
Dezeen Showroom: Austrian designer Julia Schwarz has released a range of drinkware for her homeware brand Simiæn, which is designed to be used while drinking lichen tea. More
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Natural materials fill Desinchá tea shop in São Paulo by SuperLimão
Trailing plants and a rope-lined staircase feature in the flagship store for a tea company designed by Brazilian studio SuperLimão. More
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Raams Architecture Studio stacks 388 white blocks to form Shanghai tea shop
Raams Architecture Studio has used white MDF blocks to line the Mini Cuppa cafe in Shanghai, China, in homage to the modular cube system employed by Frank Lloyd Wright across his seminal Textile Block Houses. More
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Lin Shaobin emulates mountainous scenes with burnt paper for Chinese tea packaging
Shanghai-based graphic design studio Lin Shaobin has created packaging for tea that uses burnt paper to emulate traditional Chinese ink paintings of misty mountains. More
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Waterfrom Design builds tea house with a basement hidden beneath a water pool
Architecture studio Waterfrom Design has completed the Tea Community Centre, a multipurpose building in Xiamen, China, that is partially concealed beneath the surface of a pool of water. More
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New Practice Studio infuses Manhattan tea house with natural materials and Asian motifs
White quartz, Venetian plaster and various types of wood feature in this bright and airy tea shop, designed by architecture firm New Practice Studio. More
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New Practice Studio colours minimal tea shop Spiritea with pastels in Manhattan
Curving pale wooden furnishings and soft pink, green and blue tones decorate this tea shop in New York City designed by local firm New Practice Studio. More
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Six interlocking concrete blocks form Living Art Pavilion in Shenzhen
Mozhao Architects has added a furniture shop and tea house to a technology park in Shenzhen, in a series of six concrete blocks. More
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Linehouse adds elevated tearooms in a warehouse for Tingtai Teahouse in Shanghai
Huge elevated boxes creates private tearooms inside this cafe in a Shanghai warehouse, designed by locally based studio Linehouse. More
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Nendo creates fungi-like tableware and a tea set with an oversized lid
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a set of bowls that appear "as if one is growing out of the other" for Chinese lifestyle brand Zens, along with a "seemingly unbalanced" tea set that hides under its lid. More
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Tea shop meets cocktail bar in London's Teatulia
Russell Sage Studio looked to the crops of Bangladesh to form the rich-hued interiors of this tea shop and bar in central London, which serves hot drinks by day and alcohol-infused tipples at night. More
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PG Tips ditches plastic to create completely biodegradable tea bags
British tea brand PG Tips is launching a new tea bag made from 100 per cent biodegradable plant-based materials, replacing its old design that included a proportion of polypropylene plastic. More
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Norman Foster designs minimal tea set for Stelton
British architect Norman Foster used a combination of stainless steel, porcelain and glass to create this tea set for Danish brand Stelton. More
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Tom Dixon unveils double-skin glassware inspired by laboratory equipment
British designer Tom Dixon has created a range of laboratory-style glassware, designed to make the process of preparing hot drinks look like alchemy. More
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Native & Co designs clay Wu teapots to suit specific brews
London design studio Native & Co has used five different clays to design a set of tableware that's matched to specific oolong teas. More
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Daniel Arsham installs bright blue tea house inside Atlanta museum
American artist and designer Daniel Arsham has built a blue zen garden complete with a Japanese tea house as one of a trio of installations at Atlanta's High Museum of Art. More
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Kengo Kuma installs teahouse on Vancouver roof terrace
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has designed a pavilion for hosting traditional tea ceremonies on the deck of a Vancouver tower, coinciding with an exhibition of his work across the street. More
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Space Modification Unit transforms Beijing hutong property into tranquil tea house
Porthole windows offer glimpses into this Beijing tea house, where rooms are defined by light linen drapes and set in a landscape of white gravel, terrazzo and marble. More
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Atelier Deshaus creates glass and steel tea house for Shanghai garden
A ring of benches is suspended from the roof of this glass-walled tea house, created by Atelier Deshaus beside a landscaped garden in Shanghai's West Bund. More
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Defront's Hei tea set is designed to revive China's tea ceremony tradition
Chinese design brand Defront has created a tea service that it hopes will make traditional drinking ceremonies popular with the country's younger generation. More
