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Zak Designs Expands Popular Spirit Collection
Red, white, and blue has always been a popular color story from sea to shining sea, but lately, customers across the globe are discovering the visual appeal of this timeless color combination, and it’s showing up on retail shelves and in homes from Amsterdam to Argentina. To help give customers around the world access to America’s favorite colors, Zak Designs has expanded its popular Spirit collection. Among the new products in the collection are:
Confetti Shallow Serve Bowls – Designed with a shallow profile to make it easier and more visually appealing to serve salads, pastas, and other dishes where it helps to have the toppings spread out more evenly. Suggested retail price: $39.99
Confetti Prep Bowls – Whether they’re used as prep bowls for baking or toppings and tapas bowl for parties, the Confetti Prep Bowls are always in demand. Suggested retail price: $13.99 for a set of four
Stripe Tumblers – Available in two sizes that both feature a slow transition of colors from red to white to blue as they cascade down the tumbler. Suggested retail price: $5.99 for a 22-ounce HiBall; $4.50 for a 11.5-ounce Double Old Fashioned Tumbler
Measuring Spoons and Cups – Durable melamine measuring spoons and cups ensure that the Spirit color story goes from the kitchen to the patio and everywhere in between. Suggested retail price: $7.99 measuring spoons; $9.99 measuring cups
More information is available at www.zak.com.
Peugeot Rocks with Pep’S Trendy New 2-in-1 Salt Shaker and Pepper Mill
Targeting a hip, young audience, Peugeot presents Pep’S, a clever two-in-one salt shaker and pepper mill. The look is original and amusing, with flamboyant colors, a whimsical shape, and a curved bottom that lets it rock back and forth on the table or countertop like a toy.
The tapered base, which holds the peppercorns and grinding mechanism, comes in red, green, gray or yellow. The clear head, which holds the salt, has a round adjustment knob at the center, with a dark gray silicone wavy top that lifts off for refilling. Pep’S not only brightens the kitchen, it also offers the practicality, reliability and superior technology for which Peugeot is known.
Made in France, Pep’S features the iconic, exclusive Peugeot mechanism that has a consistent high-output grind. Like all Peugeot mills, it is spice-specific and adjustable from coarse to fine.
Pretty, practical and fun, this space-saving combination mill is just 3-inches tall. It comes with a five-year warranty on the body, and a lifetime warranty on the mechanism.
The suggested retail price of $25 adds to its appeal for the new home or for adding a clever contemporary accent to the kitchen or table. Pep’S will be available for shipping summer 2015.
For more information, visit Peugeot at www.peugeot-saveurs.com, or call 877.777.5914.
New mini LOOK TOUCH TASTE from finum
The new mini LOOK TOUCH TASTE™ from finum® is a set of two patented salt and pepper grinders carrying the curvy shape of a bell. The mini LOOK TOUCH TASTE joins finum’s line of full size LOOK TOUCH TASTE grinders that have been awarded the Interior Innovation Award 2014 and GOOD DESIGN™ award.
The grinders feature vertical grinding with a patented collecting pool at the bottom which gathers the ground salt and pepper within. By tapping it, you can direct the desired amount of salt or/and pepper precisely where you want it. With an elegant outer design that attracts the eye, finum’s mini LOOK TOUCH TASTE is so much more than just a salt and pepper grinder. It includes a ceramic grinder mechanism that allows salt or/and pepper to be ground with no risk of oxidization or any other chemical reaction affecting aroma or flavor. It also allows you to adjusts the coarseness of your grinding.
The mini LOOK TOUCH TASTE from finum is available as a set of two salt and pepper mills on a tray and will be out this summer. For more information, visit www.finum.com.
Fiesta Dinnerware’s New Color Introduction Is Twice As Nice
The Homer Laughlin China Company™, manufacturer of the colorful and iconic made in America Fiesta® Dinnerware, continued the tradition of launching its Fiesta color of the year during the International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago. However, this year there’s a catch because the company announced TWO colors of the year – Slate and Sage.
“Fiesta history has always leaned toward a bright fashionable palette. Today’s current updates in home fashion add rich Slate grey and accents of Sage green to provide a strong balance and complement to Fiesta’s bright color palette. The current throwback to mid-century modern and vintage styling includes a dominating accent of bright colors combined with cool grays and greens. In today’s fashions, these color combinations do not exist without one another,” according to Rich Brinkman, VP of Sales and Marketing at Home Laughlin.
“Plus, the addition of Slate and Sage allow Fiesta enthusiasts to now have fun with multiple color palette: the more traditional Fiesta all-over-bright colors that you have been seeing in recent years and the new earthy influence intertwined with the bright colors,” Brinkman says.
“Slate is the quintessential neutral color, as it is thought of as classic and enduring. It will work with all of the other colors in Fiesta Dinnerware – everything from the most vibrant orange tones to the quietest pastel shades. And even though most people don’t think of green as a neutral, if we look to nature for inspiring color combinations (as we often do), think of all of the colors that work against green foliage similar to this lovely herbal Sage shade. The possibilities are endless and such fun to create!” says color expert Leatrice Eiseman, of colorexpert.com and eisemancolorblog.wordpress.com.
At any given time, Fiesta Dinnerware has only 15 colors in its spectrum. So, with the addition of Slate and Sage, Black and Peacock will retire. Peacock has been in production since 2005 and Black since 1986, when the Fiesta Dinnerware line was brought back after a hiatus in production from 1969 – 1985.
Standard dinnerware pieces will be available in Slate and Sage, including 4- and 5- piece sets, and a variety of plates, platters, bowls, mugs, and the signature disk pitcher, as well as select serving pieces (sold separately). Suggested retail price for the 4- and 5-piece place settings is $32.99 (MAP) and $56.00 (MSRP). Presale starts May 15th, 2015 and items will be in better department, .coms and specialty stores. Available mid June 2015.
Champlain from J.K. Adams
The design of this collection was influenced by time spent on Lake Champlain in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. The rich grain of the Ash and the grey tones of the Driftwood finish are complimented by locally handcrafted, galvanized trays and accents that bring together a blend of cottage and nautical styles.
Both of the new J.K. Adams rectangular Champlain trays feature a removable Ash wood insert for easy cleaning. The Lazy Susan and Round Serving Tray are finished with a galvanized band around the sides. Also made of Ash with a Driftwood finish, these serving pieces would accommodate anything from a favorite fondue, a martini mini-bar, or a favorite board game on game night.
The 18-inch x 12-inch Galvanized Serving Tray with an Ash insert retails for $82. The 20-inch x 8-inch Galvanized Serving Tray with an Ash insert retails for $77. Both the 18-inch Lazy Susan and the 18-inch Round Serving Tray retail for $87.
The Champlain Collection is made in Dorset, Vermont. Customers can stop by the factory/store and view the boards being made. See them during the show at booth # 1605 in the South Hall.
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