Classics On Acid is the tableware collection from Diesel Living with Seletti, and it takes a playful look at the patterns you have known all your life. This post explains the idea behind it and then walks through the full range, piece by piece, with the designs you can choose from.
If you are looking for ideas on laying a table with it, we cover that in a separate post. Here the focus is on what the collection is and what is in it.
The idea: tradition seen through an after-party gaze
The concept is simple and very clever. Classics On Acid takes traditional tableware, the kind of patterns you would recognise from a grandparent's dresser, and views it through what Diesel Living and Seletti describe as an after-party gaze. Familiar decorations such as Delft, chinoiserie, willow pattern and Imari are distorted into something equal parts playful and surreal.
That is why the collection works so well. Nothing is completely new; everything is slightly off. A willow pattern glitches, a landscape melts, a classic fluted glass bends halfway up. The pieces still feel like proper tableware, but with a twist that makes people look twice. The designs are made to mix and match, so you can build a collection gradually rather than buying a single matching service.
Plates and bowls
The Classics On Acid Plate is the dinner plate, available in Maastricht Ship, Blue Chinoiserie, English Delft, Hollandia Flowers, Imari Dragon or Spanish Yellow. They are also good enough to hang on the wall as art.
The Classics On Acid Dessert Plate is finished with a coloured rim and comes in Deer, Delf Rose, Fiorentino, Glitchy Willow, Melting Landscape or Willow Wave. The Classics On Acid Soup Plate offers Talavera, Leone, Pagoda, Arabian, Delfino or Flower Bird.
For bowls, the Classics On Acid Bowl has a gold rim, in Dragon, Fiori or Granada. The Classics On Acid Salad Bowl comes as Pajaro, with dainty blue lines and a gold rim; Koi; or the larger Psycho.
Glasses, cutlery and mugs
The glassware takes traditional fluted glass and gives it a psychedelic twist, with a playfully half-bent flute. The Classics On Acid Wine Glass comes in Diamonds, Greca, NYE, Regal, Traditional or Tree, and the Classics On Acid Water Glass in Burano, Cordial, Flute, Murano, Spring or Venice.
The Classics On Acid Cutlery set applies the same after-party thinking to the cutlery drawer, bringing a bit of fun to dinner parties and everyday meals alike.
For everyday use, the Classics On Acid Mug is a mug with personality for your morning coffee, in Acid Roses, Sake Flower, England Shells, Keshiki, Ruins or Granada.
Serving pieces, condiments and decoration
The range goes well beyond place settings:
- Cake stand. The Classics On Acid Cake Stand is a two-tier stand, ideal for afternoon tea or party canapés, or simply as a display piece.
- Serving tray. The Classics On Acid Serving Dish Tray combines a head-turning shape with traditional decoration. Serve canapés, cheese or cakes, or leave it on a sideboard between parties.
- Seasoning bottles and spice shakers. The Classics On Acid Seasoning Bottle comes in Tokkuri, Hana or Rotterdam, and pairs with the Dots & Ginger Spice Shakers.
- Tablemats. The Classics On Acid Tablemat distorts traditional floral decoration, in six designs, A to F. Made from cork and PVC, each measures 49cm x 35cm.
- Vases. The Classics On Acid Porcelain Vase brings the same psychedelic colour and surreal detail off the table, as a sculptural statement on a sideboard or mantelpiece.
Where to start
Because every piece is designed to mix and match, there is no wrong entry point. A pair of mugs or a single dinner plate on the wall is an easy introduction; a cake stand or vase makes a memorable gift; and the glasses and cutlery are what turn a few pieces into a full table.
Explore the collection
You can see every design together in our Classics On Acid collection, or browse the wider Seletti tableware range. If you would like help putting together a mix of patterns, contact the team or visit us at the shop in Somerset.
