Personal Porcelain Plates (My Private Sky): The Ultimate in Custom Gifting

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDnsDy3xJvVOyb1cUlG4szjctcCubNODvGKGxrfuRr8aeZxFo54i91lCZAPZ1RoGFkv-2NpRjQcH2oiZga_VQppAXsQz1Fu6yZI-ub-kWwWgd9jsxA_48nPzgLnP1_ojNl3qeUzBy8mI/s1600/KRAM_WEISSHAAR_NYMPHENBURG_MYPRIVATESKY_FULLRES.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571461552080747570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDnsDy3xJvVOyb1cUlG4szjctcCubNODvGKGxrfuRr8aeZxFo54i91lCZAPZ1RoGFkv-2NpRjQcH2oiZga_VQppAXsQz1Fu6yZI-ub-kWwWgd9jsxA_48nPzgLnP1_ojNl3qeUzBy8mI/s400/KRAM_WEISSHAAR_NYMPHENBURG_MYPRIVATESKY_FULLRES.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 528px;" /></a><a href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/EFDE195A/Custom-Constellation-Plates-My?u=laurasweet&p=/item/EFDE195A/AA0C9728/Custom-Constellation-Plates-My&t=blog" title="Custom Constellation Plates (My Private Sky) by KRAM/WEISSHAAR"><br /></a><p><a href="http://kramweisshaar.com/frontend/">Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram </a>have designed a limited-edition set of parametric hand made and hand painted dinner plates for <a href="http://www.nymphenburg-porzellan.com/">Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg</a> titled MY PRIVATE SKY. The project represents the ultimate in personalization: each set shows the night sky at the date and place of birth of the buyer.</p><a href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/EFDE195A/Custom-Constellation-Plates-My?u=laurasweet&p=/item/EFDE195A/AA0C9728/Custom-Constellation-Plates-My&t=blog" title="Custom Constellation Plates (My Private Sky) by KRAM/WEISSHAAR"><img alt="Custom Constellation Plates (My Private Sky) by KRAM/WEISSHAAR" src="http://www.thisnext.com/media/blogit/A0A5B46F.jpg" style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(221, 221, 221); width: 521px; height: 533px;" /></a><br /><p>When a buyer orders his set of plates he gives his date and place of birth. The buyer's personal night sky map is then calculated by a custom computer program and printed onto a set of blueprints followed by Nymphenburg's master porcelain painters. Each set of dinner plates involves the hand-painting of some 500 stars, nebulae, planets and constellations in gold and platinum.<br /><br />A thorough analysis of the traditional methods at Nymphenburg, the Bavarian Kings' former porcelain manufacturer, turned the designers' attention towards utilizing and manipulating centuries old processes in a contemporary context. By designing a program rather than a single drawing, the designers combine the excellence of the master porcelain painters at Nymphenburg with the potential of custom-developed computer code.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nymphenburg-porzellan.com/">Nymphenburg</a> will issue an edition of 100+10 unique copies of MY PRIVATE SKY. </p>More images below:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjke2AC1AckvT1zqkB3BIJWFsk4gCDOQXR4VypzJeW4pjZCYue5DxjF5qbYJxArZQwlkN9POs3g0SqbetXWFMCDCMna1EzWEH0_EZdWuqJaakdn7O_Y4o9RF5fOiP42D9Jfx6FHly-u_XyU/s1600-h/mps3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106390932509367138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjke2AC1AckvT1zqkB3BIJWFsk4gCDOQXR4VypzJeW4pjZCYue5DxjF5qbYJxArZQwlkN9POs3g0SqbetXWFMCDCMna1EzWEH0_EZdWuqJaakdn7O_Y4o9RF5fOiP42D9Jfx6FHly-u_XyU/s400/mps3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 545px; height: 362px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRGBvBTnrzwayNOODC_w-ebO9uPhrvMEgDHUd_8Aqop74a0q-oPOhx4Rwtf1RsE3Hew_-3tXTW_Oa6xs1xtNq9FNrorm6tvJ-gdhz_OLzwnrM_k6Y-6Z7VX11j6zihJKSyha_OiKpP74e2/s1600-h/constellationplates.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106390829430152018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRGBvBTnrzwayNOODC_w-ebO9uPhrvMEgDHUd_8Aqop74a0q-oPOhx4Rwtf1RsE3Hew_-3tXTW_Oa6xs1xtNq9FNrorm6tvJ-gdhz_OLzwnrM_k6Y-6Z7VX11j6zihJKSyha_OiKpP74e2/s400/constellationplates.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 543px; height: 543px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://kramweisshaar.com/frontend/pressReleases/MyPrivateSky_070703.html"><br />You can view/download the press release here</a>

Personal Porcelain Plates (My Private Sky): The Ultimate in Custom Gifting

Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram have designed a limited-edition set of parametric hand made and hand painted dinner plates for Porzellan Man...

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