Amsterdam part IV – Pillivuyt

Mange af jer kan måske huske at Illums Bolighus brændte tilbage i julen 2001. Den gang arbejdede jeg derinde og var derfor nærmest en af de første på ”gerningsstedet”, det var den bedste jul i mandsminde. Selvfølgelig ikke fordi bolighuset brændte, men fordi alt, røg på brandudsalg. Det var det år jeg købte mine første tallerkner fra Pillivuyt. Enkle hvide tallerkner – og jeg har dem endda endnu.

Til vores famøse Blogger Tour Middag i Amsterdam, havde vi teamet op med Thuesen Jensen, som er den Skandinaviske distributør for Pillivuyt.

Pillivuyt er fransk og har mere end 200 år på bagen. Grundlagt i 1818, men er i dag en moderne fabrik, hvor mange detaljer stadig laves i hånden. Pillivuyt fremstiller selv sin porcelænsmasse. Materialerne i den unikke porcelæn sammen med en ekstrem hård glasur og brændingen gør Pillivuyt ekstra stærkt og holdbart.

Pillivuyt trækker selvfølgelig på sine franske rødder. Blå Bretagne er skabt med udgangspunkt i den særlige stemning, man finder ved havet i Bretagne. Pillivuyt har ladet sig inspirere af de talrige blå farver ved Bretagnes kyststrækning. Og inspirationen til Boulonge stellet, med sine organiske former og træringeagtige furer, er hentet fra Boulonge skoven, en offentlig park i Paris.

Many might remember back when Illums Bolighus burned down during Christmas back in 2001. I was working there at the moment and was one of the first to step inside the “crime scene”. It was probably the best Christmas ever. Of course not because the store burned down, but because everything that could be saved, was put of fire sale! That was the year I bought my first plate by Pilluvuyt. Simple white plate – and I still have them.

At our famous Blogger Tour Dinner in Amsterdam, we teamed up with Thuesen Jensen, the Scandinavian agent for Pillivuyt to set the gorgeous table.

Pllivuyt is French and have exisited for more than 200 years. Founded in 1818, but is today a modern company, where most of the details are still made by hand. They even produce their own porcelain mass. The materials in the unique porcelain, together with the extreme hard glaze, makes Pillivuyt extra strong and ever lasting.

Obviously, Pillivuyt draws on their French roots. Blue Bretagne is created on the basis of the special atmosphere you’ll find at the seaside in Brittany. Pillivuyt has been inspired by the numerous blue colours of the Brittany coastline. And the inspiration for the Boulonge plates, with its organic form and tree ring-like decor, was inspired by the Boulogne forest (a public park sited along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris).