Astier de Villatte

 
While looking at PatchNYC's blog recently, I was reminded of one of my favourite tableware brands – Astier de Villatte. Designed by Benoît Astier de Villatte and Ivan Pericoli, the house specializes in handmade black terracotta clay with a milky glaze finish which is created with an old technique they revived called estampage. This method leaves each piece with deliberate little hiccups and imperfections that make each item one of kind. If you're not fortunate enough to visit their storefront in Paris, which was once home to Napoleon's silversmith, you can check out their very cool website which is unlike any other porcelain and earthenware company I have ever seen.