The French tableware company, Non Sans Raison (Not Without Reason), has been producing modern porcelain tableware since 2008, drawing on inspirations ranging from from Kazimir Malevich to Jackson Pollock.
The design company works out of Limoges, France, creating works from the porcelain that region is known for, which the company calls “white gold.” Their goal, they state, is to perpetuate the soul of an ancient material while also injecting it with a new vitality. They seek to combine the “noble” material of porcelain with refined, finely printed designs whose details play with light and shadow. The company states that their tableware invites users to enjoy its “optical construction” by offering different types of visual angles and stagings around the dinner table.
We’ve included examples from some of their sets here with descriptions from the designers.
Above image: Tableware from Non Sans Raison’s Square set. Inspired by Malevich’s suprematism, the designers state that the set is a sort of “building game” which attempts to reconcile square and circle shapes with hypnotic effects.
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More finely-detailed works from Non Sans Raison’s Square tableware set.
Drawing inspiration from Russian designer El Lissitzky, the Axo set experiments with geometry, space and architecture. The designers state that the set can be rotated, causing optical distortions which allow its users to reflect on things such as the cosmos or an aerial view of a possible urban future.
This set Avant, ICI, Maintenant, gets its look from the action painting technique of dripping, a style driven by Jackson Pollock. The designers state the set draws from the past but is still playing with space in the present.
The Bath of Color set uses blue, yellow, red and black as contrasts against the brilliant white of the porcelain. The designers call the set efficient and simplistic.
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