Danish design has always had a special place in my heart. I don’t know what it is – maybe the long cold winters contribute to the extraordinary creativity on display in this small island nation.

The featured dinnerware has been designed by architects and designers Norm, Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Kasper Rønn. The talented duo have taken their inspiration from the Scandinavian landscape and seasons and further applied their dinnerware concept to the interior design of restaurant Höst creating an organic environment in an urban setting.

Here is what they say about their concept behind the dinnerware and interior design of Höst.

Scandinavia’s special light so magically captured and communicated by Danish painter Wilhelm Hammershøi provide the inspiration for the colour palette of New Norm Dinnerware. Materials, contours and textures are taken directly from nature’s elements in the purity, simplicity and honesty that characterises Nordic form. A diversity of colours and materials sets your creativity free and brings new life to the traditional staging of a meal. Variations of colours, surfaces and compositions tell stories about the changing seasons and seasonal ingredients: spring rhubarb, summer strawberries, autumn apples. Thus New Norm Dinnerware is also the perfect scene for local cuisine and using seasonal ingredients.

“New Norm Dinnerware and Höst meet in a symbiotic relationship, where the dinnerware accompanies seasonal local cuisine while evoking a special atmosphere. The light-blue glazes lead thoughts to the cool evenings of Nordic summer. They combine beautifully with light summer foods and provide a contrast to the season’s colourful berries. The dark blue-grey glazes symbolise the seas around us and the dramatic cloudy skies – the elements surrounding fish and fowl. The warm brown wood tones tell of the forest’s depth, sensuality and warmth, making them a perfect companion for autumn meals. The coarse texture of the stone plate tells the story of the Nordic mountains – a scenic backdrop for herbs, root vegetables, mushrooms and wild berries,” say Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Kasper Rønn from Norm.

 
Enjoy and happy Monday!

 
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