Pierce Mattie Public Relations New York & Los Angeles

As director of the home division at the firm and a design enthusiast, I’m always on the lookout for new and unique home décor items. While flipping through the House & Home section in the April 20th edition of The New York Time, I came across an article on a new line of dinnerware that stopped me “dead” in my tracks.

Royal Tichelaar Makkum, a renowned Dutch ceramics maker, which has been in business since the 1500’s, has developed a new line of plates adorned with the anomalous and macabre. Featuring skeletons, sumo wrestlers and sperm cells, the curious creations are fired but left unpainted and unglazed, almost giving them the appearance of bone. And while the collection gets down to the “bare bone” minimal in their design, they come with a big price tag. Prices start at $100 and go up to $800. You can learn more about the line at www.tichelaar.nl.