Collaboration

Tomás Alonso
Kanmi,
silver plated
5-piece collection

Tomás Alonso

Collection Kanmi

5 products

The new Kanmi tasting set was created by Spanish designer Tomás Alonso. Inspired by the sleek lines of Jean Puiforcat, he designed this collection using elementary geometric forms as the circle, the cone, the cylinder. Each cup has been carefully shaped to nestle in the palm of the hand. While the cups vary in profile, with some being more flared than others, they all hold the same volume of liquid. The carafe, meanwhile, is designed to serve four cups.

Originally conceived for serving sake, this set is equally suited to sharing other alcoholic beverages. The cups can also be used to present small savory or sweet bites to accompany the drinks.

A final surprise lies in the brightly colored disc adorning the exterior base of each piece. When placed on a table, the bases of these pieces radiate a halo of vivid color: pleasure is fleeting, memory is vivid.
« For this sake set collaboration, I do not think I was seeking tension or contrast so much as an element of surprise: the discovery of something additional within the cup as one brings it closer to drink from it, but also simply to appreciate it. It is a quality often found in Japan, where beverages are frequently served in vessels that reveal a special detail upon closer inspection. » Tomás Alonso

Kanmi offers a modernist counterpoint to Puiforcat’s Pour le Champagne collection.
From one set to the next, the forms – curved or rectilinear – converse with the silversmith’s traditional materials as well as their synthetic ones, composing baroque or classical variations, playing with history and inventing the present.

Verres et carafe de la collection Kanmi réalisée en collaboration avec Tomás Alonso
Verres et carafe de la collection Kanmi réalisée en collaboration avec Tomás Alonso

« I believe that every object possesses both visible and invisible qualities. The visible qualities are immediately apparent, while the invisible ones reveal themselves gradually through use and familiarity, as one lives with the object. It is these hidden qualities that give an object its character, that draw us to it and make us want to return to it again and again. » Tomás Alonso