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Designed by Norm Architects for Menu
Danish designers Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Kasper Rønn named their studio Norm to express their dedication to “working with Danish norms and standards refined over hundreds of years,” says Bjerre-Poulsen, “rather than rejecting them in the endless search for new.” The sincerity of their approach – bypassing flashy design for good design – shows in the quality of their work, which endures both physically and aesthetically. The Menu Bottle Grinder (2011) provides exactly what is expected in a traditional grinder and much more, letting you work with ingredients that you might otherwise never consider. “We wanted to steer far away from the predictable grinders,” says Bjerre-Poulsen, “and instead encourage people to experiment with spices, grains, seeds and all the other modern cuisine ingredients. The new powerful ceramic grinder allows you to be more creative.” Bottle features a one-of-a-kind inverted design that offers plenty of volume and a rubberized exterior for easy gripping. Made in China.
DENMARK (FOUNDED 2008)
Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen focuses on shape and tactility. Kasper Rønn concentrates on technology and inventions. Together they are Norm Architects, founded with the aim of blending their complementary interests to produce furniture and architecture in keeping with the Scandinavian “norms” of simplicity, gracefulness, craftsmanship and timelessness.
“Kasper is very much into the technical part of it, and I am very much into the ...
Wood housing; rubberized exterior; ceramic grinding mechanism.