Who Put the Pizzazz
in the Cookie Jar? Please note, all
these cookie jars have been sold out. It's a guaranteed recipe for success – ask eight of the world's best known architects to put their signature styles on one of America's best loved collectibles. The cookie jar will never be the same. "It was a natural outgrowth of
Building Timepieces, our collection of architect-designed watches and wall clocks," explains Jack Markuse, president of PROJECTS. "In addition to being a mainstay of Americana, the cookie jar is, in a sense, a 'miniature' building. Who better than an architect to design one?" The designs are as diverse as cookie recipes. Michael Graves brings a classic grace and his inimitable
blue to Palazzo. Laurinda Spear of Arquitectonica designed a muted pastel replica of Innovative Technology, her dramatic Miami building. For Stanley Tigerman's Emma and Sam, it was whimsy, pure and simple. Markuse believes the strength of the collection is the multi-function of each piece. "Aside from their obvious use as cookie jars, they're design statements – stand-alone
pieces of sculpture," he says. Each is made of porcelain (for durability) and ceramic (to retain color). The eight pieces comprising the collection are: Note: All the cookie jars are currently sold out. In addition, Graves, Spear, Pelli, Tigerman, and Clodagh are doing a limited edition of 99 lithographs, each numbered and signed by the architect. |
