2016/ makes contemporary porcelain using the specialist skills found in the pottery town of Arita, Japan.
2016. A year destined to be a turning point in four centuries of Arita. 16 teams of prominent international designers have been brought together from far and wide to give creation to the new porcelain brand of 2016/.
2016/ consists of two ranges; the Edition series handled by Creative Directors Teruhiro Yanagihara and Scholten&Baijings, with 15 other teams putting together the Standard series. Coming from an array of cultural backgrounds, the designers have re-interpreted classic Arita-ware, harnessing all the craft’s techniques to usher forth a new creative standard that the world will embrace as part of everyday living.
