0181_Cutlery Set

Universal Set

Project description:

Cutlery
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Meets
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Architecture/form/tradition
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Meets
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Etiquette/handedness
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Meets
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Sustainability

What was originally intended to be a simple design exercise in form-making (nothing wrong in just trying to create something beautiful we think...) morphed into a journey into the mechanics/cultural norms of how and what we eat.

Our journey is part commentary/reflection on the culinary experiences & traditions of the 'other', whilst questioning what constitutes table manners/etiquette for a society increasingly adept at traversing between different cultural realities. We wanted to propose a set befitting the global, ethical consumer fully conscious of what, and how they consume.

We have distilled our areas of research & development into three key design iterations:

Iteration 1 - Cutlery meets Architecture & tradition.

Iteration 2 - Cutlery meets etiquette and handedness

Iteration 3 (final) - Cutlery meets Sustainability (plus iterations 1 & 2).

Head over to SA Stories to read all about our design inspiration and process in detail.