Yoko Mug
Designed by Stilleben
Part of the Yoko tableware collection, this mug is a handleless cup, made to be held in both hands. Its form is soft - straight sides easing into a rounded base on a small pedestal foot - with a fine, clean rim. In the pale blue of the Nordic sky or an eggshell white. Yoko takes its name from a Japanese girl's name, from Stilleben's first journey to Japan. Made in Portugal.
Selected for the museum shop at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
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The mug has no handle, so it is held the way tea is drunk in Japan: cupped in both hands, the warmth of the drink passing straight into them. It is a small shift from the Western habit, and it changes how the cup is used — slower, and more deliberate.
The form is soft throughout, straight sides easing into a rounded base, lifted on a small pedestal foot, with a fine rim as its one crisp line. That is Yoko's tension in miniature: firmness against delicacy, structure against softness.
For Stilleben, colour, glaze and form are treated as equal elements: expression leads, and function follows naturally. Across the collection the palette runs from the pale blue of the Nordic sky to the red of Japanese urushi lacquer - the two worlds Yoko was made between. Arranged together on a table, the pieces become a still life: an invitation to presence, attention and shared rituals.
The Yoko collection contains the Yoko Teapot and the Yoko Pitcher.
- high-fired glazed porcelain
Colors shown on screen may vary slightly from the actual product.
- Width: 8 cm
- Height: 9.7 cm
- Capacity: 0.23 L
Each Yoko piece is individually packed in a natural, reusable gift box wrapped with a paper sleeve featuring a drawing of the design.
Porcelain is highly durable and dishwasher and microwave safe.
“The Yoko collection is inspired by our first trip to Japan in 2015.”
Sculptural forms meet serene rituals
Named after a Japanese girl’s name that symbolizes cheerful warmth, Yoko merges Danish sculptural form with Japanese tea ceremony sensibilities. Inspired by red urushi lacquer and the light blue of the Nordic sky, each porcelain piece highlights the tension between sharp edges and the clay’s soft nature - embracing a subtle wabi-sabi spirit that celebrates both vibrant color and simplicity.
Designed by
Stilleben
Ditte Reckweg and Jelena Schou Nordentoft founded Stilleben in Copenhagen in 2002 - a design store, a studio and a way of seeing the world. Their work is rooted in the beauty of everyday life: the table shared with friends, the texture of a glaze, the quiet pleasure of an object that simply feels right.