Ceramic Tableware Design Studio
Practice
We are a partnership between Robin Levien RDI and Patricia Stainton employing a talented and experienced team of designers.
Studio Levien is a product design company specialising in functional, affordable and beautiful products for the home, hotels and restaurants.
Process
Our clients are leaders in the domestic products field from all over the world and we collaborate with them to create commercially successful products that are a joy to live with. An extensive knowledge of the markets we work in enables us to give advice on design strategy, trends and marketing.
“Surprisingly perhaps, there is craft in the development of many industrial products, it brings a human touch.”
Robin Levien
Teapot design, from start to finished prototype
Team
Robin Levien RDI, Partner
Patricia Stainton, Partner
Matt Brett, Senior Designer
Chia-Ying Lin, Senior Designer
Zoe Schoon, Studio Manager
Jemma Chambler, Financial Manager
Awards
Gold Award, German Design Awards 2022, East by Bonna
Lifetime Achievement Award, Homes and Gardens Magazine
Special Commendation, Prince Philip Designers Prize
FX International, Interior Design Award
Silver Pencil, Design & Art Directors Association
Product Award, American Society of Interior Designers
British Telecom Prize, BBC Design Awards
Golden Flame Award, Valencia
Die Gutte Industrieform, Hanover
Design Week Award
Red Dot Award
Press
Ceramic Review, Democratic Ceramics, May/June 2024 Tableware International, Design Greats – Dr. Hermann Gretsch, April 2024 Vitsoe Voice, Wilderness, work and well-being, March 2022
Supper, Hotel Food & Drink, November 2021
Tableware International, A New Moon, March 2020
Tableware International, General News [Voronoi Bowl], November 2019
Tableware International, Profile piece on Robin Levien, October 2019
Crafts Magazine, Short Cuts, February 2018
Tableware International, Design Spotlight Robin Levien, February 2017
John Lewis Home Magazine, It’s Good to Share [Jason Atherton], Spring/summer 2016
Almas Newspaper, Q&A with Robin Levien
John Lewis Cook Magazine, Easy Does It [Jason Atherton], Spring 2016
&London, Next Generation [Billy Lloyd], Spring 2015
Essential Kitchen and Bathroom Business, Access all Areas [Ideal Standard], February 2015
Designer Kitchen and Bathroom, 15 Designers of the Year, February 2015
Tableware International, Nambe Rising, Jan/Feb 2015
Designer Kitchen and Bathroom, Ablution Solutions, January 2015
Homes and Gardens, How I became a…., November 2013
Tableware International, An Eye on Design, May/June 2013
KBB Review, In Conversation with…Robin Levien, September 2012
For Greener Interiors DECCO, The Future’s still White
The Gazette Magazine, The New Alliance [Raymond Blanc], 25 March 2011
IDFX Magazine, Century Collection, August 2010
Homes and Gardens, Robin Levien’s new Leading Design Role, April 2010
KBB Space, Ideal Standard
Contemporary Design Magazine, Space Toilet
IDFX Magazine, Profile Piece, February 2009
Beautiful Kitchens, Me and My Kitchen, February 2009
Designer Magazine, Q&A, January 2009
Kitchen, Bathroom, Bedroom Magazine, Designer of the Month, Dec 2008
Homes and Gardens, Lifetime Achievement Award, July 2008
Design Council Magazine, Special Recommendation
Design Week, Hot Fifty Designer List, 2 February 2008
Utopia Kitchen and Bathroom, A Professional Touch, November 2007
Designer Magazine, Modesty Man, October 2007
Saga Magazine, My Favourite Room, August 2007
Designer Magazine, Unsung Heroes (front page) Final Word, August 2007
4 Homes Magazine, About the Designer, March/April 2007
Verve Magazine, Ahead in Design, Nov/Dec 2006
Bathroom Journal, The Ideal Marriage, February 2006
Observer Magazine, Design Special, 18 September 2005
Grand Designs Magazine, Robin’s Nest, August 2005
Kitchen and Bathroom Designer, Choice Collection [Ideal Standard], June 2005
The Kitchen and Bathroom Designer, Master of Earth and Fire, November 2004
KBB Review, Design for Life, November 2004
Kitchen and Bath Designer, Master of Earth and Fire, September 2004
Design Week, Lifting the lid on Product Designer and Ceramicist Robin Levien, 17 April 2003