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The game plays with our everyday experience of searching, missing or breaking the original lids to our pots, of mixing and matching, of improvising and creating new cupboard couples.
Inspired by: Deksel van dekselpot van faience met blauwgroen fond
The set contains 12 illustrated pots and their tops from the museum‘s collection, each printed on a piece of plywood. The original shapes are adapted to have the same proportions and angle so that each pot and top can be combined.
Inspired by: Drip-filter coffee pot
A double-sided cotton pad gives two playing options to collect the pieces: the white side displays the silhouettes of the original pairs, the black side features shapes of new combinations. Will-to-order vs. creative thinking :)
Inspired by: Water jug in the form of a lotus flower
For help or deeper understanding, the accompanying booklet shows all pots and tops in their original partnership.
Inspired by: Turban shell cup
Together with an invitation to start playing, the booklet simply portrays each illustrated object with its description.
Inspired by: Container in the form of a crane
Playing with the different shapes, colors and depicted materials can help to to experience the beauty of design and its diversity – and hopefully arouses or raises further interest in the collections of the RIJKSMUSEUM.
Inspired by: pot met deksel, onderdeel van een kaststel