The world of Scandinavian design has yet another iconic anniversary to celebrate this year. A staple in most kitchens – wrapped in unremarkable sensibility, in-tune with traditional utilitarian sense of design and known as Scandinavian – the dutiful servant Margrethe turns a whopping 60 this year.

The Margrethe Bowls well-known organic shape has stayed true to its original shape throughout the years. In the past, the melamine mixing bowls bearing an ergonomically shaped grip on one side and a spout opposite, have followed the trends by keeping up with contemporary colour selections. Now, however, winds of change are sweeping through Rosti, the manufacturer of this kitchen-icon, and designed by none less than now deceased royal Prince Sigvard Bernadotte. Perhaps as a result of upping the beauty of our table settings, the Margrethe is now launched in porcelain.

The bowl’s intrinsic, simple beauty lends itself well to functioning as a serving dish and adding a more substantial and sound impression on the dinner table through the new material, vis-à-vis its more mundane plastic predecessor. Besides adding a certain panache by now offering the bowl in porcelain, another advantage is the elimination of materials that could pose a safety risk to our foods. It is a well-known fact that certain plastic-based materials emit hazardous substances when used in cooking (when heated in a micro wave, for example), and although the jury is still out on how potentially harmful melamine could be, we feel it is better to be safe than sorry.