Even though they won't be available until April, The New York Times is first out the gate (or in the house?) today with its feature on Seletti's Palace Stacking Porcelain Tableware. And A+R is the first to take pre-orders.

Dinner--and domicile--deconstructed.

Each building comprises of six plates in a category, such as dessert or the main course. Alessandro Zambelli was given the task by design patriarch Stefano Seletti to conjure dinnerware that didn't resemble dinnerware when not in use. Stefano is the founding head of SELAB, the laboratory driving his family brand in Italy.
Imagine the towers of tuna carpaccio or furnishings of other food Clare Crespo could dream up with these?!


Photos: Top and bottom, courtesy Seletti; center image from The New York Times