# Broken Platters The Crushed Tray Offers a Unique Way to Serve Guests By Meghan Young | Published 2010-12-28 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crushed-tray References: [bookofjoe](http://www.bookofjoe.com/2010/12/crushed-tray.html) & [microworks.jp](http://www.microworks.jp/work/work05/work05_en.html#) The Crushed Tray offers a unique way to serve your guests over the holiday season. With its intentionally flawed look, this serving dish might have people rushing to your aid, but at least you can all share a good laugh over the misunderstanding. Brought to you by MicroWorks Web, the Crushed Tray is most useful for clumsy individuals like myself. As the website states, who cares if you add additional cracks and chips if it already looks broken? Check out the gallery to see the tray in action. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.5/10 - Popularity: 29% | Activity: 7% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Imperfect Aesthetic:** Opportunities for creating and marketing products with a deliberately flawed look to appeal to the imperfect aesthetic trend - **Humor in Design:** Opportunities for incorporating humor into product design to offer unique and unconventional features - **Novelty Serveware:** Opportunities for creating unique serveware items to appeal to consumers seeking novelty products ### Who This Affects Most - **Home Decor:** Home decor industry can deploy the imperfect aesthetic trend to offer unique and unconventional products that appeal to consumers - **Kitchenware:** Kitchenware industry can capitalize on the trend of novelty serveware to create and market unique products for consumers - **Gifts and Crafts:** Gifts and crafts industry can offer handmade, novelty serveware items for customers seeking unique gifts or home decor items ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Artsy Serving Tableware](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecoresin-accented-cheese-and-charcuterie-serving-boards.md) - [Elegant Snack Platter Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hors-doeuvres-set.md) - [Cup-Integrated Plates](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pairingware.md) - [Clay-Modeled Multi-Use Trays](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ceramics-everday-objects.md) - [Humorous Holiday Tableware](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/roast-host-collection.md) - [Multifunctional Serving Boards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/convertible-serving-board-trio.md) - [Revived Mid-Century Serveware](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tortugaware.md) - [Puzzling Removable Tray Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/conceptual-puzzle-table.md) - [Modern Tableware Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trasa-home.md)