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These “Soy Shape” Dishes Use A Simple Design Detail To Blow Your Mind When It’s Sashimi Time!
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These “Soy Shape” Dishes Use A Simple Design Detail To Blow Your Mind When It’s Sashimi Time!

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Just when you thought nothing could top your sushi experience, British designer Duncan Shotton has developed these made-in-japan optical illusion dishes that make your supper superb.

Available “direct from the designer” here : http://dshott.co.uk/soy

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/_dshott/

More info: dshott.co.uk

Soy Shape

Their irregular inner surface takes advantage of the natural colour gradation that occurs in soy sauce at shallow depths, to give the illusion of three-dimensional shapes once filled.

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Sushi time!

There are two types of dish, impossible ‘triangle’ & ‘cubes’.

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Simple, neat graphic design

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Each box features a cool halftone black-only graphic of the shapes

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Limited Edition Slide Box

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Each holds two matching dishes, held within a 5-layer, stacked cardboard presentation tray with matt-card sleeve, cut and assembled by hand in Tokyo.

There’s only 77 of each type, signed and serial numbered.

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Impossible Triangle

The “Triangle” dishes are inspired by the Penrose triangle created by the Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd in 1934, which was popularised in the 1950’s by Lionel & Roger Penrose.

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Stacked cardboard packaging

Each of the limited-edition cardboard trays has 5 layers of cardboard which are cut and assembled by hand. Each pack needs about 100 individual cuts to complete.

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Only 77 of each

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There’s only 77 of each limited edition pack, and each of them is signed and serial numbered.

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Image credits: www.kickstarter.com

Made in Japan

Soy Shape’s are Made in Japan, by craftsmen and craftswomen of Gifu prefecture, which has a long history in the ceramics industry.

Image credits: www.kickstarter.com

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