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Mug Pie

Another independent project of mine is the Mug Pie. Why? Okay, you asked...

The idea came while I was working on the Fuse exhibition in New York. The Fuse sub-theme I had to work with was "refuse." So I created a group of mugs that fit neatly together in a pie sort of arrangement, but because their handles are turned inward to create the nifty pie-shape grouping, they are "refusing" to be picked up.

I created a plaster mould from which the mugs were slip cast.

It started out as a whimsical fine art piece and ended up being mass produced and featured in Graphis Design Magazine.

Daniel Harper
industrial design Pittsburgh, PA