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Design Tableware Lyngby Porcelæn

Thermodan

Double-walled insulating porcelain tableware with handleless cups, designed by Axel Brüel and first made by Lyngby Porcelæn in 1958.

Designed by
Axel Brüel
First made
1958

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Thermodan jug with lid and two cups, white porcelain
Thermodan jug with lid and two cups, white porcelain

Pictures © Lyngby Porcelæn, from rosendahl.com.

Why it is renowned

Lyngby Porcelæn made the world's first thermal cup in porcelain.1 Thermodan is the series built on that insulating porcelain, with cups that need no handles because the outside can be held.2 In 1958 the series won silver at the Milan Triennale and was shown at the Louvre in Paris in the exhibition Formes Scandinaves.2 Lyngby Porcelæn also names the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York among the places it has been shown, and the museum holds a porcelain coffee pot by Brüel dated 1957, bought in 1961.34

The story

The ceramicist Axel Brüel developed the insulating porcelain at the Lyngby factory with its master thrower Roland Mortensen, reaching a result he was satisfied with in 1957 after a year of experiments; the series went into production in 1958.2 The tall, upright forms run through the whole set; the cups were left without handles, which tend to break off, and were given a ribbed surface for grip instead, though plain smooth versions were made as well.2

Sources
  1. Discover the Story Behind Lyngby Porcelæn. rosendahl.com, read 1 October 2026.
  2. Porcelænsfabriken Danmark, Danish Wikipedia. da.wikipedia.org, read 1 October 2026.
  3. Lyngby Porcelæn og manden bag deres renæssance, Bo Bedre (2015). bobedre.dk, read 1 October 2026.
  4. Coffee Pot, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 61.7.36ab. collectionapi.metmuseum.org, read 1 October 2026.
  5. Thermodan, Lyngby Porcelæn. rosendahl.com, read 1 October 2026.

Last checked 2 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.