Ink Dish

Ink Dish is an American tableware design company located in San Diego, California. The company uses designs by contemporary underground artists for their line of porcelain dinnerware.[1] Ink Dish was founded in 2008 by David Harding and Caroline Pople.[2]

Julie Pople, mother of Caroline, is the lead designer for Ink Dish. Julie graduated from Liverpool Art College (John Moores University) in 1971 with a degree in Textile Design. Julie was an in-house ceramic designer for Royal Stafford, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent until becoming the head of design for the European arm of the ceramic company PT Sango.

In 2008, Ink Dish partnered with Paul Timman to create a line of tattoo inspired porcelain dinnerware.[3] "I knew that if I did my job well, I could bridge the gap between mainstream society and help to introduce tattooing into everyday life -- without the process of getting tattooed," says Timman.[4] The Irezumi tableware design by Paul Timman was named to Metropolitan Home's 2009 Design 100 list [5] The design is based on the Japanese style of tattooing known as Irezumi.

In 2010 Ink Dish partnered with modern artists David Palmer and Dana Oldfather.[6] In 2011 Ink Dish had established a partnership with artist Alyson Fox.[7] Ink Dish also designs patterns for tableware manufacturers such as Villeroy & Boch, Macy's, and Corelle. Among the best known of the company's product range are Paul Timman's pattern Cherry Ink, Alyson Fox's pattern December, and Dana Oldfather's pattern Kites.