Alessi ‘’PlateBowlCup’’ set of 16 plates (8 dinner plates and 8 (Soup) Bowls) made out of white porcelain. The set was originally designed in 2008 by Jasper Morrison for Alessi. “This is all you need to set out a great daily table.” That's how Jasper Morrison described this ‘’PlateBowlCup’’ set . The ‘’PlateBowlCup’’ tableware has a discreet and sophisticated design, as if they were new and exclusive plates for a restaurant. This range also reveals intense study of detailing, giving remarkable consistency in terms of shape and solidity to a form that is only apparently simple. This is because Jasper Morrison’s design work privileges the quest for new quality in shape and substance, by means of many small and discreet technical and formal details. For example the rims of the plates and bowls, which are rather thick to give extra strength to the piece, as in the best hoteliery tradition, give the line a soft, solid appearance. In the same way, the weight of the units was carefully considered so that they offer an appropriate, pleasant sense of solidity. They also offer greater thermal inertia, so that the plates maintain food warm for longer. The ‘’PlateBowlCup’’ service is an expression intended to be a mark of quality, no compromise was accepted for the quality of the design. Jasper himself has said: “I like the idea of ‘’democratic tableware’’ which is slightly more formal than the others, to be used to give the table an easy aspect of a 'dinner' rather than just dinner”. I would like to add that his quest for anti-glamour “normality” paradoxically gives his designs an air of sophisticated simplicity, which is a good description of one of the ambitions of the Alessi brand. Dimensions: Dining plate: ø cm 20,5 Soup bowl: Ø cm 22 / Ø 8 ¾ Dishwasher safe This ‘’PlateBowlCup’’ service is in a new and unused condition. Delivered in their original package that protects the service well. Jasper Morrison: Born in London in 1959, he studied design at Royal College of Art and at the HdK in Berlin. Editor of the Design Year Book 1999 with a passion for the history of design, he designs for Cappellini, Vitra, Magis, Flos, Rosenthal and Sony. Morrison was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to design.