Norwegian design studio Ment has created handcrafted tableware for Snøhetta's recently completed underwater restaurant in Norway using sand and minerals taken from the surrounding coast.
Sisters Ingvild and Sidsel Forr Hemma, who make up Ment studio, worked with Under's head chef Nicolai Ellitsgaard for the past year to design, research and test a set of tableware for the restaurant's 18-course menu.

Labelled as the "world's largest underwater restaurant", Under was completed last month. Snøhetta designed the monolithic structure to plunge into the sea from a rocky shoreline in the remote village of Båly, Norway.
Together, the Forr Hemma sisters designed and manufactured approximately 500 items by hand in their studio in FÃ¥berg, using 17 unique designs with variations in size, material and colour.
Objects include water jugs, toothpick holders, coffee and tea cups, milk jugs and sugar pots, as well as an array of bowls and plates for the food.

"The focus on nature and the underwater-concept was important in this project, and the inspiration comes from the seashore beside Under," Ingvild told Dezeen.
"The concepts for the products have been developed in relation to Snøhetta's fantastic overall concept that they have developed for Under."

Ingvild and Sidsel used natural materials such as porcelain, stoneware, wood and clay to create the tableware, as well as sand taken from the beach at Båly to achieve a rough, earth-like surface.
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