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Tea set by Leo Livshetz
Graduate designer Leo Livshetz created this angular, ceramic tea set while studying at Rhode Island School of Design in the USA.
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The set comprises a sloping tea pot that rests on its handle, four cups, and a combined sugar bowl and milk jug.
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"I wanted to create a tea cup that did not need a handle, but at the same would not get too hot," says the designer, who graduated in 2008.
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"The system of edges and corners creates a thick shell around the cup that does not overheat and allows it to be held comfortably without burning the user's hand."
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"The creamer slots into the sugar bowl becoming one unit and the tilted tea-kettle is stabilized by the handle that rests on the table."
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Livshetz completed the project at a ceramics workshop while studying industrial design at RISD.
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