These mugs are so awesome it hurts. Back in the 70s everyone who was anyone in Cambridge MA (and every other hippie-intellectual enclave) had some of the mugs-plates-bowls Massimo Vignelli designed for Heller. The white ones were reissued about 15 years ago (I immediately bought a set at Moss) but I was even happier when I found a mismatched multicolored set in a real-live thrift store in Martha's Vineyard. They're stashed who knows where, so I pretty much need to buy these.
Interesting trivia point: in the original mugs the handle seamlessly connected with the inside of the mug--there was no partition at the top of the handle the way there is now. Definitely visually superior, but liquid was sloshing out too much so they "improved" them.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
The End-All Be-All
These mugs are so awesome it hurts. Back in the 70s everyone who was anyone in Cambridge MA (and every other hippie-intellectual enclave) had some of the mugs-plates-bowls Massimo Vignelli designed for Heller. The white ones were reissued about 15 years ago (I immediately bought a set at Moss) but I was even happier when I found a mismatched multicolored set in a real-live thrift store in Martha's Vineyard. They're stashed who knows where, so I pretty much need to buy these.
Interesting trivia point: in the original mugs the handle seamlessly connected with the inside of the mug--there was no partition at the top of the handle the way there is now. Definitely visually superior, but liquid was sloshing out too much so they "improved" them.
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