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Masahiro Mori
Masahiro Mori's industrial designs of everyday eating utensils are known the world over. Ahead of his time, Mori revolutionized Japanese traditional ceramics by mixing traditional forms with a modern sensibility. Through his elegant and modern designs, he influenced ceramic production and marketing, changing the global perception that ‘Made in Japan’ meant 'cheap'.
In 1960, an arm of the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry established the Good Design Prize; a prize given to outstanding examples of industrial design fusing form and function. His work has been selected 111 times, making him the most celebrated designer since the prize's inception. He has won many other international prizes for his work as well.
Mori experimented with various forms including 300 decorative variations on the traditional Japanese 'shallow rice bowl', natural objects as handles on mugs, and even creating indented cups for the visually-impaired. These cups, which were designed in 1969, were originally designed to allow people to distinguish what is contained soley by feeling the cup. It is just one of his many timeless designs.
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| tall cup by masahiro mori microwave and dishwasher safe WSK-77A $16 3"D x 4"H made in arita, japan
| tall cup by masahiro mori microwave and dishwasher safe WSK-77B $16 3"D x 4"H made in arita, japan
| tall cup by masahiro mori microwave and dishwasher safe WSK-77C $16 3"D x 4"H made in arita, japan
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| tall cup by masahiro mori microwave and dishwasher safe WSK-77D $16 3"D x 4"H made in arita, japan
| medium cup by masahiro mori microwave and dishwasher safe WSK-78A $14 3"D x 2 3/4"H made in arita, japan
| medium cup by masahiro mori microwave and dishwasher safe WSK-78B $14 3"D x 2 3/4"H made in arita, japan
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| medium cup by masahiro mori microwave and dishwasher safe WSK-78C $14 3"D x 2 3/4"H made in arita, japan
| medium cup by masahiro mori microwave and dishwasher safe WSK-78D $14 3"D x 2 3/4"H made in arita, japan
| medium cup by masahiro mori microwave and dishwasher safe WSK-78E $14 3"D x 2 3/4"H made in arita, japan
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| small cup set by masahiro mori microwave and dishwasher safe WSK-7C $40 2"D x 2 1/4"H made in arita, japan
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Other Sake Drinking Wares
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| kinsai sake set matte gray with gold accents set includes tokkuri (sake server) and 2 cups hand wash only (not dishwasher safe) WSK-1 $44 server: 2"D x 5.25"H, cups: 1.25"D x 1.5"H made in japan
| kinmaki sake set with gold accents set includes tokkuri (sake server) and 2 cups hand wash only (not dishwasher safe) WSK-2 $40 server: 2"L x 2"W x 5.25"H, cups: 1.25"L x 1.25"W x 1.5"H made in japan | hinoki (cypress) sake set in a paper box set includes tokkuri (sake server) and 2 cups hand wash only (not dishwasher safe) WKTS-3 $57.50 server: 4.5"H, cups: 2"H made in japan |
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| white ceramic sake set with sumi-e design set includes tokkuri (sake server) and 4 cups WKTS-1 $45 server: 2.25"D x 2.25"W x 6.5"H, cups: 1.75"D˜ x 2.5"H made in japan | ceramic reishuki (cold sake server) matte dark grey finish hand wash only (not dishwasher safe) WKTS-2 $20 7"W x 3.25"D x 3.5"H made in japan | sake sakazuki includes wooden box WTE-1 $9 |
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| small nagashikan mold for making sweets stainless steel WKA-1 $20 5.5"L x 4.5"W x 1.75"H made in japan
| large nagashikan mold for making sweets stainless steel WKA-2 $45 9"L x 5.5"W x 2"H made in japan
| rice mold stainless steel WKA-6 $17 approx. 3"L x 3"W x 2"H made in japan
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| long mold for sweets long mold with rounded bottom for sweets stainless steel WKA-3 $18 37cmL x 5cmW x 4cmH approx. 500cc (16oz) capacity
| small molds for sweets select from 12 different designs: (from left to right, top to bottom) bamboo leaves, maple leaves, pine cone, rice straw bag, pine branch, gourd, morning glory, cherry flower, shell, crane, turtle, iris ceramic WF-7 $5 appox. 1.5" - 2" across
| large molds for sweets select from 5 different designs: (from left to right, top to bottom) maple leaf, fan, hydrangea, round swirl, oval swirl ceramic WF-8 $7 approx. 2.5" - 3" across
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