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The Daily Dish
You'll look forward to emptying your plate if it's one of these tabletop stunners.
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by Leilani Labong
posted on January 28, 2008
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Monster Mash
Oakland artist Ogi teamed up with the L.A. studio Poketo to create fun melamine dinner plates featuring toothy, but nonetheless lovable, freaks of nature. $32/ set of two; available at Rare Device, 1845 Market st., 415-863-3969
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Stark Contrast
These Gothic melamine plates by New York designer Thomas Paul come in doily or silhouette patterns; choosing between them, however, isn’t as straightforward as black and white. Doily dinner plates, $36/set of four; silhouette dessert plates, $28/set of four; available at the Curiosity Shoppe, 855 Valencia st., 415-839-6404
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Shadowy Figure
A summer afternoon spent under an olive tree inspired Elodie Poidatz and Rachel Pflegerto create the Ombre line of Limoges-porcelain dinner plates for the French design studio Compagnie. $225/set of six; available at SFMOMA Museum Store, 151 Third st., 888-357-0037
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Tweet Treat
Feather your urban nest with dishwasher-safe porcelain Birdwatcher’s plates from Anthropologie. (And while you’re at it, pick up all four designs—you know what they say about birds of a feather.) $12 each; 880 Market st., 415-434-2210
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Architectural Digest
Shop owner Rachel Eden imports these vibrant bonechina dishes—illustrated with simple renderings of six iconic 1930s modernist homes in London—from the UK design studio aptly named People Will Always Need Plates. $52 each; available at Eden & Eden, 560 Jackson st., 415-983-0490,
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Full Bloom
Driade’s White snow Fiori plates, designed by Bertocco & Locatelli, feature 12 different stems—including iris, camelia and poppy (shown)—making them a garden party essential. $243/set of 6; available at Dzine, 128 Utah st., 415-674-9430
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Map Quest
Street plans of such international hot spots as Berlin, Cairo and D.C. (shown) give these plates by NotNeutral a turn in the right direction. $50 each; available at Given, 575 Castro st., 415-865-0353
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The Simple Life
The Famille à Table porcelain square plates by Rosanna Bowles depict life in a turn-of-the-century French village. $65/set of four; available at the Legion of Honor store, Lincoln Park, 415-750-3677
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photography by (Compagnie, Famille à table plates): Stefanie Michejda; Rest courtesy of the retailers
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