A former car mechanic has designed three squishy silicone containers for design brand Good Thing, which are being used for serving food at two eateries during New York City's restaurant week.
Mission Chinese Food (also top image) will be serving up dishes in the G3 Vessels during NYC Restaurant week
The G3 Vessels series comprises a circular, oblong and double-dish by Japanese designer Shinya Yoshida, who worked as a car mechanic prior to establishing his eponymous industrial design studio in 2012.
The small containers feature rounded bases that are ideal for holding different snacks
Good Thing launched the collection on 23 July 2018 to coincide with NYC Restaurant Week ? an annual event that offers discounts at some of the city's hottest dining spots. Two restaurants partaking in the citywide event, Mission Chinese Food and Lalito, are serving up a "special restaurant week dish" in the vessels so that diners can "test drive" the products. Lolita, another eatery in the city, is also debuting the dishes during Restaurant Week
Yoshida took cues from the streamlined forms of the automobiles to create the collection. The resulting rounded shapes can hold small bites like nibbles, dips and crudites, and desserts.

"Good Thing's new G3 Vessels employ subtle flowing compound curves native to the auto industry to create a satisfying and useful series of containers," said the studio in a statement.
One of the vessels is a double dish, handy for dips an...