Artist Plate Project: When contemporary art enters your home (and supports a cause)

There are objects that are designed to be used, and others that, while maintaining a function, become cultural manifestos . The plates of the Artist Plate Project belong to this second category: accessible works of art, created by some of the most influential artists on the international contemporary scene , designed to bring art into everyday life and, at the same time, support a broader cultural project.

Cape Best has selected a curated collection of Artist Plates from various editions and years, making them available among the few e-commerce sites in Italy—and Europe—to offer these pieces, with a clear goal: to promote artistic design and support the Coalition for the Homeless initiative that the project represents.

What is the Artist Plate Project?

The Artist Plate Project was born from the idea of ​​transforming a universal household object—the plate—into an artistic and narrative medium. Each edition features internationally renowned artists, called upon to reinterpret the plate format as if it were a canvas, while maintaining the object's functional purpose.

The result is a series of limited editions, which combine:

• contemporary art
• design
• collecting
• support for cultural and creative initiatives

These are not simple decorative objects, but art to be experienced, displayed, collected, or integrated into one's home as a sign of identity.

Artists featured in the Cape Best collection

The Cape Best selection was born from a precise vision: to propose objects that tell stories , that bring art, craftsmanship and contemporary culture into dialogue.

The collection includes plates signed by some of the most iconic names in international contemporary art:

KAWS

With his instantly recognizable visual language, KAWS transforms the plate into a pop, ironic, and collectible object. His works play between urban culture, design, and a critique of consumerism, making each plate a true visual statement.

Takashi Murakami

Color, repetition, and contemporary Japanese imagery: Murakami brings his superflat aesthetic to the table, blending high art and pop culture. An ideal piece for those who love vibrant, iconic art.

Yoshitomo Nara

Nara's childlike and seemingly innocent figures convey complex and universal emotions. In his Artist Plates, the contrast between domestic form and emotional content is particularly powerful.

Maurizio Cattelan

Provocative, conceptual, irreverent: Cattelan uses the plate as a means to subvert expectations and stimulate reflection. An object that transcends aesthetics and becomes a narrative.

Keith Haring

Clean lines, universal messages, and social commitment: Haring's plates maintain the artist's communicative power intact, transforming an everyday object into a vehicle of values.

Virgil Abloh

Designer, architect, and cultural visionary, Abloh reinterprets the plate as a dialogue between art, fashion, and industrial design. His work explores contemporaneity, boundaries, and hybrid languages.

How to Display and Experience an Artist Plate

One of the most fascinating aspects of the Artist Plate Project is its versatility. The plates can be:

• displayed on the wall, like works of art

• placed in bookcases and sideboards

• used as centerpieces or decorative objects

Combined with handcrafted Cape Best frames, they become true interior design elements, capable of giving character to a space without appearing conventional.

Conscious collecting and cultural value

Buying an Artist Plate isn't just about owning a signed object, it's about participating in a cultural project. It's a more accessible form of collecting than unique works, but no less significant.

Cape Best believes in collecting that is informed, sustainable, and connected to story and context.

For this reason, each piece is selected and presented as part of a broader vision, which unites art, home, and contemporary culture.

Artist Plate Project on Cape Best

TheArtist Plate Project collection, available on Cape Best in limited quantities, includes editions from different years and artists. A rare opportunity for those who want to take home an object that is simultaneously art, design, and storytelling.

Discovering these dishes means entering a world where art is not just to be looked at, but to be experienced.