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Emily Post writes (TIME, Aug. 19) regarding Russel Wright cups-"A thick edge-especially one curving inward-defies every effort of human lips to hold back the gush of liquid which dribbles down the sides...
...lips have performed their human functions for 37 years. For five years they lave been drinking from Russel Wright cups neatly, and I hope politely, with no problems of gush and dribble...
Accompanying an illustration of his new china, Russel Wright is quoted (TIME, July 29) as saying: "[I] want to do something practical for the housewife. The 18th Century is kept alive by Emily Post. I have no sympathy with the idea of keeping traditional design alive...
...clean, uninhibited lines, the unadorned and self-sufficient surfaces of modern dinnerware by such topnotch U.S. designers as Eva Zeisel (Castleton China) and show-stopper Florence Forst. But to many Everyday Gallery visitors, one of the show's designers was an old table and dishpan friend: Russel Wright, who has thrown pottery makers-always a conservative lot-into a dither with the massive success of his American Modern dinnerware since...
Eating at home or in restaurants, comfort-loving, balding 40-year-old Russel Wright constantly watches his fellow diners gripping cups, mentally jots down shortcomings of conventional tableware. Back in his Manhattan studio, he designs clay models to eliminate the bugs. He has made 500 studies for cup handles alone. For his new set, he tried 35 shapes for cups, 60 different handles...