Cookware recommendations?  

Old Le Creuset pots are every...
Old Le Creuset pots are everywhere, I've got about 15, Copco is good too and sometimes on ebay there are sets that aren't too expensive...look out for Michael Lax casserole pots.
Somewhere on here is a thread that went into getting them re-enammled and on the Le Cresuet webpage is information about getting them re-done, I found it once but can't find it now. Also Magrethe bowls are pretty handy and Braun appliances, there was a multi food processor they stopped making about 10 years ago that basically hadn't changed design since the late 50's, theyre pretty sought after.
And a friend has Global knives and ays they're excellent but I'm not really up on that, and end-grain chopping boards are brilliant.

le creuset & co
Le Creuset is great, especially the one by Raymond Loewy.
But they really haeavy ( good for a pot, but not for a meat pan ).
I really like the stuff from Royal VKB ( see products/preparing ) and also the Porsche knifes
http://www.royalvkb.com/

Dansk Kobenstyle 🙂
Dansk Kobenstyle 🙂
also see the thread below for a previous discussion
http://www.designaddict.com/design_addict/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/th...

Speaking as a mad foodie and cook...
Le Creuset, old or new
Copco, older especially Michael Lax designs, lots available on Eba
Calphalon, orginal anodized aluminum. You'll find no more faithful a friend than one of theier saute pans.
All Clad, stainless steel stock pot
Lodge, cast iron skillet
A good quality non-stick omelet pan, I like Calphalon's
If you can afford it a Jacques Pepin copper & steel sauce pan
Pretty, matching items are not a good idea if you really want to cook well. Each type of pan/pot is suited to it's own task. Nothing provides a sear like a cast iron skillet. Nothing delivers a perfect omelet like a good non-stick. Buy what works and if you don't like looking at it, put in some closed storage. A kitchen of decorative cookware is a sure sign that you should order take out!

Beautifully put, Olive
Pots and pans are tools, not decorative accessories.
My colorful Catherineholm Lotus skillets are easy on the eyes, but not nearly as useful as my old charred cast iron grill pan.

What olive said
But I also love the old Copco enameled cast iron stuff. I wish I had a whole set. I have one smallish lidded pot (bright yellow), a very small blue pot with the cast iron tea-light base, and a long red loaf pan which i never use but can't give up. Oh, and a couple of baking dishes with the magnetic wooden trivets---a brilliant idea!
Le Creuset is nice too but not quite as beautiful, in my opinion. Plus it tends to go higher on ebay just because of the name, I think. There are some other lines of the same quality that are less expensive---one Belgian one whose name I can't recall at the moment.
I have some Købenstyle pots but rarely use them because they tend to chip at the edges. Enameled steel isn't as durable as enameled cast iron, i think because it will flex if banged and then the rigid enamel cracks off.
I like some of Bodum's stuff, especially the Parma cheese grater which other companies are now copying. I don't know if they do cookware, though. I love their store in Copenhagen.

Style aside
I have to recommend the SWISS DIAMOND cookware, which is the best, most durable non-stick cookware i've ever run across.
http://www.swissdiamond.com/

Speaking as one who had a mad obsession with cookware...
Performance and looks are not always synonymous. But my Belgian-made "Demeyere" Mistral pots are the best performing stainless cookware I've ever found, and they look pretty nice. These are the latest designs:
http://www.demeyere.be/default.asp?SLID=1
Performance doesn't get any better than with my tin-lined hammered Mauviel copper pots. I also appreciate cookware for the looks, and some of the nicer looking pieces I have are; Michael Lax-designed Copco enamelled cast iron casserole dish, (which looks like this):
http://cgi.ebay.com/COPCO-Denmark-Michael-Lax-LARGE-Enamel-Casserole-Pan...
an unbranded piece of enamelled cast iron pot in turquoisey blue with little petals on the outside (from Holland, typical design from this country). It looks like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/vintage-Dru-Holland-cast-iron-enamel-sauce-pan-pot-N...
Here's an auction for the orange covered pot you were shown:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Copco-Denmark-Michael-Lax-Orange-Red-D1-Covered-Pan_...
I have some pieces from a Kitchenaid series that looks like All-Clad, with a stainless interior and a hard-anodized exterior that has a special glossy coating which allows the cookware to come in various colors.
I used to scour eBay to find special & beautiful pieces, usually decades old, and I recommend you do the same. But it requires some patience and time! For that mid-century modern feel, get any old enamelled cast iron cookware with teak handles; Copco, Creuset, etc.

Descoware
Descoware is the Belgian company I was thinking of. I think they made the light blue enameled cast iron with the darker blue fleur-de-lis or whatever it is. Nice looking, functional.
Below is a link to the little Copco sauce warmer that I have. I've gotten several of these at auctions here in the U.S., never paying more than $2, and also a couple at a Copenhagen flea market (also cheap--$3-4). Mine is blue with a white interior, which i think looks nicer than all blue. I've also had all yellow and yellow/white.
I forgot another Copco thing that I have---it's a wide, shallow enameled cast iron bowl with handles that rests on a Three Mile Island-style stand which holds a Sterno burner. I've never used it but I like it so much that I am holding on to it.
I also have one of those boxy Copco tea kettles from the 70s in chocolate brown enamel with a teak handle. I love teak and dark brown together. I never use this either but I can't quite bear to part with it. Yet.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320241768896

I've got one of those copco s...
I've got one of those copco sauce warmers, I never use it though, just like looking at it! Same with the atomic coffee machine but I'd give it all up for a full set of Stelton Cylinder Line, the teapots pour beautifully.

Royal Prestige
Royal Prestige
These pots and pans are a bit high in price but you will never own another set in your life.
http://royalprestige.com/ProductPages/HealthSystems/Royal_Prestige_Cookw...

Hi Spanky,
It was good to see Michael Lax's cast iron back! Michael was quite stuborn in having the two handles on the side of the lid...requiring two hands even when you want a hand free to stir the content. In spite of users comments he repeated this characteristic in the cast aluminum cookware that copco put on the market in the late seventies. I do not remember what his argument was, but I am sure it was funny!
You are right the cast iron does not flex (as much) on top of that the adhesion on the rough surface of cast iron is much better than on steel sheet.
Yes Bodum is making cookware, some parts are cast iron others are stainless. It's called Maestro.
I would say...medium quality, but than again, having designed cookware I am not very objective I guess.
http://www.bodum.com/upload/pdf/maestro.pdf

I have a load of the AJ...
I have a load of the AJ Stelton range on display, apart from that my kitchen is rather clinical - I hate clutter!

Aha! Dansk Kobenstyle!
Finally it hits me (30 years later)! The funny looking handle
enables the lid to function as a trivet.
Right...?