2016/ is a new brand exploring the timeless porcelain craft of Arita, Japan, launched at Salone del Mobile. Photography: Takumi Ota

The project is a creative collaboration between Scholten & Baijings and Teruhiro Yanagihara – together, they have appointed 16 designers to work with ten different potteries, producing a plethora of exceptional ceramics. Photography: Scheltens & Abbenes

The exhibition truly connected the past to the present and – via The Netherlands and Japan – the West to the East. Pictured: Scholten & Baijings' handpainted collections. Photography: Takumi Ota

Kueng Caputo’s impressive spectrum of gradients is created using fukitsuke, a specialist airbrush painting technique from Arita's Kin’emon Toen pottery. Photography: Takumi Ota

Spanish designer Tomás Alonso experimented with modern shapes at Sehyou & Co pottery to produce finely thin and chalky containers. Photography: Scheltens & Abbenes

Swiss practice Big-Game's collections. Photography: Scheltens & Abbenes

Teruhiro Yanagihara's ongoing studies into the ceramics of Arita are manifested in his refined vases. Photography: Takumi Ota

Pauline Deltour toyed with the thickness of her pottery via different firing temperatures. Photography: Scheltens & Abbenes

Shigeki Fujishiro created a range of strongly coloured forms. Photography: Scheltens & Abbenes

Kirstie van Noort's collections were rendered in muted, austere palettes. Photography: Scheltens & Abbenes

The faded rich electric blues of Studio Wieki Somers take the ancient metal stencil techniques of Koransha pottery to an abstract and hi-tech level. Photography: Scheltens & Abbene

Next up is the opening of an 'Arita House' right by Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, a mimic of the one in Japan. Pictured left: work by Studio Wieki Somers. Right: wares designed by Stefan Diez. Photography: Scheltens & Abbene

keywords:Japan, Scholten & Baijings, Salone del Mobile

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