Eva Zeisel's Century Collection is an easy, if obvious, choice.
Out of production for many years, recently reintroduced by Crate & Barrel.
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/dining-and-entertaining/dinnerware-sets/cl...
I have a small collection of...
I have a small collection of Raymond Loewy Continental China for Rosenthal. Pretty good stuff, but probably not for everyday use. For that, Ikea has pretty good designs that are inexpensive ...and worry free if you break anything. Target has caught my eyes on a few occasions.
I think it'd be a shame to own a nice set that was relagated for once-a-year,
Woof-Woof. Why NOT use your best stuff for every day? Live a little!
I don't know about new sets, but in addition to my old Eva Zeisel, I've got some great all-white vintage partial sets-- Paul McCobb's "Contempri" (the bowl forms are gorgeous), and a beautiful Block-Langenthal rounded square set called "Transition".
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Pretty much of a classic. I've got the vintage one from arabia in a nice variety of colours, but iitala still produces it. here in berlin they even have two flagship stores.
http://www.iittala.com/web/Iittalaweb.nsf/en/products_eating_dinnerware_...
As much as I appreciate the Eva Zeisel collection,
I am more into practicality and frugality when it comes to everyday dishware. I'm a fan of the jelly jar glasses which some here think are not designer-y enough but I love them for their indestructible nature. I feel the same way about dishes. I want mine to be nice to look at but unafraid of zillions of trips through the dishwasher and be chip and stain resistant. If you read the review on the C&B site you will see that many folks have experienced crazing and chipping and less that stellar survival rates for the Ziesel collection. However, in general I think that the C&B dinnerware is pretty nice, and so is some of the more modern stuff that you find on their sister site CB2.
I have a big set that I got at Target about 10 years ago and they have held up beautifully (They're black, not white, sorry). They are also stoneware and I think I paid maybe $100-$150 for a service of 12 including 2 types of bowls and 2 types of salad/dessert plates, one of which is square. For the money spent, I also have 2 serving platters, 4 serving bowls, salt and pepper, butter dish and coffee mugs. All of these have done daily duty and have been through the DW tons of times.
My point? It's possible to get hardworking, good looking, long lasting dishware for a very reasonable price and if you break one, well then, it won't be as tragic as breaking something far pricier and more collectible!
The IKEA 365 series is...
The IKEA 365 series is awesome for the very reasons described aboe: practical, modern, and easy to replace.
We have a set and our kids are free to hammer away. At $4 a pop, who;s counting? LOL
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/series/07699/
Eva Zeisel century collection.. nice..
Fastfwd, thanks for posting the visuals, the dishes look quite beautiful but, are they white? Sort of looks like a creamy color.
Enjoying all the great suggestions and I'm planning on researching them, such as the Paul McCobb Contempri .. never heard of or seen them.
I'm most interested in something between super fine, and the basic indestructible stuff.... I've purchased several sets of dishes in the past from C&B without any breakage after many years, although one set has grazing, etc.
Will definately pay more money for great style so far as it's not to fragile.
I also own stone dishware by "Heath" too. Nice but heavier.
Paul McCobb midcentury modern.. dishware..
I checked out the Conempri dishware & although it is very cool stuff I am strickly looking for all white dishes.
The capri was particularly eye catching to me, I really liked the small bright hits of orange on the plate and platter... so cool. Thanks for posting.
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