A house turns its back on the road to open up to the landscape
The single-family house project designed by Elena Gianesini engages in a dialogue with the Vicenza landscape, combining tranquility and contemporary style through essential geometries and the Mazzonetto metal roofing.
Ito has previously designed the KU porcelain service in 2006, which is now complemented by the MU cutlery set (MU means "hexagon" in Japanese). "Sharp, yet with a touch of sensitivity and elegance… linear, yet with an organic quality of plants…," states Ito, "we intend to shift our familiar sensations with chopsticks onto cutlery."
The hexagonal section of each handle is created using a mould and the intricate manufacturing process involves various stages. The precision of the slim, full handle is reminiscent of the shape of Oriental chopsticks and seeks to contrast with the rounded profiles of the spoons and the knife blades.
The MU cutlery set table service includes a table spoon, table fork and table knife, dessert spoon, dessert fork, dessert knife, pastry fork, tea spoon, coffee spoon and a mocha coffee spoon. The range also features four types of serving cutlery: salad set, ladle, cake server, and serving spoon and fork.
Natural stone is an eternal material
Now in its 59th edition, Marmomac returns to Verona from September 23 to 26 to showcase the role of stone in contemporary design.
