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StolenForm's ceramic home accessories inspired by bricks, manhole covers and pipes

Inspiration can be found everywhere in our city streets, but you wouldn't expect bricks, manhole covers, pipes and other industrial infrastructure to form the basis of a new ceramic homeware and gift collection.

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Photography by Yeshen Venema

Photography by Yeshen Venema

For London-based designer Christian Marsden, founder of StolenForm, he has long been inspired by the urban environment. Years spent journeying through London's streets led him to take stock of the "ubiquitous and foundational features of the capital that are so often overlooked", and repurpose them into quirky tin can mugs, pipe cups, and brick vases and bowls.

With each piece moulding the time-honoured tradition of British craftsmanship with contemporary design practice, his range of products are individually handmade in slip-cast earthenware ceramic and finished in a variety of colour glazes. And they're 100% handmade.

You can see StolenForm at Pulse from 14-16 May 2017 at Olympia London. Find out more about Christian and his products at www.stolenform.com. Or you can follow him on Instagram and Twitter via @stolenform.

Six handmade ceramic brick-shaped vases and containers in red, yellow, cream, turquoise and grey glazes arranged on a white surface
StolenForm brick-shaped ceramic vases in yellow, cream, grey and red, each holding fresh flowers and foliage against a white wooden background
StolenForm ceramic brick-shaped containers in various colours including red, grey, cream, teal and yellow, each embossed with "London
Bright yellow ceramic brick-shaped vase by StolenForm with embossed text, filled with fresh green foliage against a white brick background
StolenForm ceramic tray with two compartments featuring stacked biscuits and a manhole cover design, alongside a red moka pot and white coffee cups
StolenForm ceramic mugs and coasters in sage green, charcoal, yellow and cream, arranged in colour groups on a neutral surface
Yellow and green StolenForm ceramic mugs with ribbed texture, one containing a spoon, arranged on patterned coasters against a grey brick backdrop
Turquoise ceramic mug with horizontal ridged texture inspired by industrial pipes, alongside a matching container and pencils on a white surface
Three handmade ceramic vessels by StolenForm in yellow, grey and cream, featuring ridged textures inspired by industrial design, with dried branches in the cream vase
StolenForm's ceramic egg cups designed as industrial manhole covers in grey, yellow, teal and cream, alongside a red moka pot and matching tableware
StolenForm ceramic homeware collection displaying tin can mugs, pipe cups, brick-inspired vessels and a striped vase with foliage on a terracotta surface
StolenForm ceramic homeware collection including white vases, cups and containers inspired by urban infrastructure, styled with dried branches and wooden accessories against a terracotta wall
StolenForm's turquoise ceramic homeware collection displayed on white wooden surface, including mugs, pipe cups, vases and small decorative objects with industrial-inspired designs
StolenForm ceramic vessels in teal, black, cream and yellow containing various spices and ingredients
Four teal ceramic containers designed like manhole covers, filled with sugar, lentils, brown sugar cubes and spices
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