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Etiquette Set

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Luxurious dining in contemporary consumer society

The etiquette set is a complete, packaged dining kit including instructions which allows the user to enjoy an ?  la Russe dining experience in any context, regardless of class or wealth.

It combines the semiotics of a plastic Airfix model kit with the implied luxury of an ?  la Russe table setting, using what is essentially wastage from the mould to structure the pieces in the correct position.

The set retains the detailing, form and visual language of the ornate silver cutlery and ceramic plate, and forces these values into the context of mass production and contemporary consumer culture through manufacture, material choice, packaging and method of use and disposal.

The design and realization of this product is intended to comment on the loss of tradition, heritage and craftsmanship evident in the consumer culture of which we are part, and to question how and why we assign value to the different objects that surround us.

by: Ed Vince
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16 Comments for: “Etiquette Set”

  1. iynque iynque Says:

    The idea is cool. The description sounds like art school bs.

  2. Nicha Nicha Says:

    This is so cool.
    I really like it.
    !!!

  3. Brad Brad Says:

    Someones been reading postmodern theory…

    very cool

  4. glamjets glamjets Says:

    Well done. You get an A+.

    And that’s all.

  5. hollowturtle hollowturtle Says:

    Love the concept, very strong. I dug it but can’t support it because of too much plastic waste. Keep making cool things!

  6. Lisa Lisa Says:

    so coool! i like this!!

  7. Euan Euan Says:

    When you brake off the implements, you’ll get a sharp bit off injection runner sticking out of the handle. This could become rather uncomfortable. The runners will have to go to the neck of the implement so you don’t cut your hands or inside of your mouth. In the world of injection molding, usually it’s a good idea to lay out the die so the length of the runners is kept to a minimum. But anything is possible these days.

    Yet anther use for petroleum…

  8. Anya Anya Says:

    Made me lawl. But it is a great idea, I must admit.

  9. iso 9000 iso 9000 Says:

    That’s……classy

  10. Rafael Morgan Rafael Morgan Says:

    I´m sorry, but this concept was explored several times before…
    Jason Amendolara did it first for World Wide Fred, then a girl called Demelza Hills got “inspired” by it and did it again.
    Now you´re doing the same design for the third time…Sorry.

  11. dave dave Says:

    too much plastic wasted, booooo

  12. Educ8d Educ8d Says:

    Have these in restaurants, prob fast food, collect them after use. Easy to melt and remold into a new sterilized set. No paper waste. No plastic waste.

    There is a guy that designed a machine that does it with circular discs as blanks, flattening and reshaping discs into plates, cups and bowls.

    Like yours better, very cool.

  13. punkinhoot punkinhoot Says:

    Now I want to open a fast food restaurant and serve on these trays

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    interesting design

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