DESIGN: “Just because Kim is holding a balloon doesn’t mean that she is not a settler.” Settler colonialism is one of those GIGANTIC, FOUNDATIONAL THINGS that isn’t understood or discussed nearly as much as it needs to be. Maybe you can think of clever ways of using this cup to help broach the subject with your co-workers/friends/enemies?

CUP INFO: It’s a ceramic cup, the kind that can be used in microwave ovens and washed in automatic dish-washing machines. If you drop it or throw it, it will break, like all other ceramic things. (I write this because today my friend asked me if this mug is “the unbreakable kind.”) On the other hand if you take exceedingly good care of it, it could potentially remain functional for a few thousand years.

The 11 oz version is what I would call a normal-sized coffee cup; the 15 oz one is “pretty big” but not huge. The exact dimensions are:

• 11 oz mug: 3.85″ (9.8 cm) in height, 3.35″ (8.5 cm) in diameter

• 15 oz mug: 4.7″ (12 cm) in height, 3.35″ (8.5 cm) in diameter

• the surface is glossy and white, it’s a nice cup.

• The cup itself comes from somewhere in China.

This item is made as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making things-on-demand (instead of in “bulk”) also vastly decreases efficiency while increasing per-unit costs, but it does help reduce overproduction and waste, which we think is very important! :)

~kim