Sometimes, words just don’t come easy. Especially when it’s time to tell that special someone in your life how much you really care. And no matter how hard you try to find the right words and how many times you rehearse your great proclamation of never-ending romance in front of the mirror, when it’s time to deliver your speech... it just doesn’t sound right.

The entire TASSEN products gang has come together to celebrate a birthday. But what’s that!? There seems to be a (tiny) misunderstanding regarding the birthday present.

From 3D-computer animations to real-life products: What’s the story behind 58 PRODUCTS? Why are we making porcelain cups with funny facial expressions? And who on Earth is CANNICS?

Here’s your exclusive backstage pass to give you a peek at the (otherwise highly secretive) production of our TASSEN merchandise. Look at the cups and bowls dance and float from one manufacturing stage to the next in this porcelain ballet.

We didn't want our precious little egg cups to get cold in the winter. Luckily, our good friend volunteered to knit some cute little hats to keep them warm!

Let's take a quick trip to Paris to visit our French distributors La Petite Centrale at their cool booth at Maison et Objet trade show in 2013. Et voilà::::

When we tell people that our 3D-animations studio has decided to make its own real-life products from porcelain, they may think we have lost our marbles. And that may be right. But what we found instead is a neat selection of bowls, tea cups and other neat porcelain pieces!

Who said that TASSEN products have to make happy faces all the time?!

There's a first time for everything: Spring Fair in Birmingham was not only our first tradeshow in the UK, but the very first time we took it into our own hands to present TASSEN products abroad. Here's how UK customers responded to our little friends.

We've always had a tendency to really like Tendence trade show in Frankfurt. Because it's practically a home game for us, and we could not imagine a better place to show the world our latest novelty: Egg cups with smiling faces – even 100% Made in Germany.

We're really happy with what we are doing, so creating a "happy" TASSEN coffee cup was an obvious addition to our line-up. The cup was one of many novelties introduced at Ambiente trade show in 2011.