Ceramics studio
based in Stockholm.

Custom tableware for inspired chefs and restaurants.

Chefs plating dishes during restaurant service

For chefs

Custom ceramics that enrich and heighten the dining experience.

Collaboration with innovative chefs and restaurants begins with the menu and the rhythm of service. Each form is developed to frame the course and hold its place at the table.

A line of desserts being plated on a wooden restaurant counter — Plating at Oyatsuya SF · 2020

A restaurant table set with ceramic pedestals and desserts — Acquerello · 2025

A chef placing a garnish into a dark ceramic bowl during service — Chef plating a dish

A composed course in a pale footed ceramic bowl beside a wine glass — Trumpet bowl at Commis
Photo: @agajan.j

A chef handling a dark textured porcelain gaiwan made for Commis — Gaiwan for Commis · 2020

A chef plating several courses on ceramic dishes at Oyatsuya SF — Oyatsuya SF · 2019

A chef carefully plating a course on ceramic tableware for Oyatsuya SF — Plating for Oyatsuya SF · 2019

A layered dessert served on a pale ceramic plate against a dark background — Plated dessert

Selected work

Form, surface
and the table.

My approach is rooted in the intersection of material craft and design. I develop all vessels with an eye for their setting, presentation, and durability in the kitchen.

A sea-foam glazed plate carrying a composed fish dish — Sea-foam plate · 2026

Cornbread served on a white ceramic plate — Stahl Plate · 2026

A plated course presented in a white porcelain bowl with its fitted lid — Lidded porcelain · 2020

A small plated course centered on a pale ceramic dish — Oyatsuya plating · 2019

Mushroom steamed buns served on a shallow green-rimmed ceramic plate — Shallow rimmed plate · 2020

Two-tone pasta arranged on a pale ceramic plate — Pasta plate

Featured in

First Generation by Frankie Gaw @littlefatboyfrankie.

Grateful to have tableware appear throughout Frankie Gaw’s unique cookbook, carrying dishes from a collaboration that began with pieces made for his projects.

Cover of First Generation: Recipes from My Taiwanese-American Home by Frankie Gaw — First Generation · Frankie Gaw

First Generation open to pages 18 and 19, featuring a dish served in Christian Palino tableware — Pages 18–19

Open cookbook showing steamed egg served in a dark ceramic bowl on page 50 — Steamed egg · Page 50

Cookbook page showing a noodle dish served on Christian Palino ceramics — Noodle dish

Cookbook page showing marinated peanuts served on a ceramic plate — Marinated peanuts

About

Christian Palino working at the wheel inside his snow-covered Edsviken studio

Christian grew up on the coast in New England. He studied at Rhode Island School of Design receiving degrees in both ceramics and graphic design. Christian worked as a design practitioner over the next two decades and was fortunate to build a small ceramics practice in Oakland, California collaborating with several Michelin-starred chefs. After a move to back to Europe with his family, Christian has now settled in Stockholm where he has reestablished his studio.

Process

My process is built around collaboration. An introductory meeting or discussion is where we first discuss ideas about service, presentation and design. (forms, surfaces, glazes, and more) With insight from the initial discussion I am able to provide a budget and lead time.

From there I develop prototypes we can look at and hold – this provides and opportunity for feedback and to validate the direction.