Classics on Acid Melting Landscape Plate by Diesel Living

Classics on Acid starts with the imagery of European decorative porcelain—landscapes, birds, flowers, blue-and-white patterns—and subjects it to distortion: the motif stretches, melts, or multiplies as if under a kaleidoscopic effect. The collection features eighteen pattern variations and includes plates, salad bowls, trays, display stands, and glasses. Each item features its own named design, such as Melting Landscape, Pajaro, Koi, Regal, or Acid Flower, allowing for an intentionally mismatched table setting rather than a uniform service. The tableware pieces are made of porcelain; the matching placemats are cork, and the cutlery is stainless steel. The name plays on a double meaning: these are classic tableware staples, on acid.

The distortion is not just in the design; it is also in the mold. Several pieces in the range have two different dimensions—25 × 24.5 cm for a soup plate, 21.4 × 20.3 cm for a dessert plate—meaning they are not perfectly round. When laid flat on a table, they do not align. The pieces are finished by hand: from one item to the next, the pattern is never in the exact same place.

Where the design comes from

The design press describes the collection as a deliberate distortion of classic porcelain imagery, available in eighteen colorful variations and extended to cutlery as well as six cork placemats, for a table that is both dressed up and laid back.