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Ming E. Wong
LONDON – Form follows function, so a cup has to be a receptacle to contain liquids.
But who thought of adding a handle to a porcelain cup or an anti-heat grip pad to a hot paper coffee cup, so people can hold these containers better? And how does the choice of material or the colour or the image on the cup add emotional appeal?
