Just because you want to entertain in high style doesn't mean you have to break out your Grandma's bone china. If you're feeling the urge to get a little more classic with your tableware, but aren't into the floral designs you were subjected to every Thanksgiving, then New York-based design collaborative Lovegrove & Repucci have the answer.

Their freshly released London Delft collection is a play on the 18th century tradition of Dutch Delft porcelain. Building on the success of the previously launched New York Delft collection, this time around they've mixed the timeless, high-art vibe of the famous blue glazed dishes with a little London street art edge. Each setting is made up of five pieces: a dinner plate, side plate, soup bowl, cup and saucer, and are available for $100.

If the general coolness of the collection isn't enough to impress your design-savvy dinner partygoer, then just wait until they reach the bottom of their soup bowl and find a good ‘ol lorry. (For us non-Brits, that's a truck.)

Fusing the simple with the opulent, the nonconforming with the traditional. Traditional these are not, but Stallards eye for modern decadent design is clear. These are part of the Ian Stallard for CITIZEN collection. Platinum, black and platinum, and magenta on porcelain dishes, with simple yet daring designs. More of his ceramics can be seen at his site.

I dig these new dishware designs by Brooklyns finest, Sarah Cihat. She designed a whole series of dishes she calls “Rehabilitated Dishware”, made from dishware she finds at the salvation army, and used stores like it. She takes the old dishware, re-screens, and glazes them with her own designs. The results are pretty great.

Via Design Sponge