In addition to creating steel, brass, and wood sculptures, Richardt minimalist design Products that Danish design studio Frama has been working on for over 10 years: a daybed, lounge chair, candle holder, shelving system and “ultra-minimalist” lamp for the restaurant Noma.
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But because Frama passed along Tool One, Richardt kept it at home until he happened to find a kitchenware studio. bergThe same goes for Copenhagen, where tools are inspired by professional kitchens. For co-founders Daniel Ronge and Christian Lorentzen, it was love at first sight.
We joke about the sheer simplicity of this piece, but Richardt’s inspiration came, of course, in part from Asian tableware. Cooking chopsticks, often made of bamboo, have long been used by professional stir-fry chefs for tasting and tasting in the kitchen.
“For years, I had a set of chopsticks at home that I used to stir my oatmeal in the morning, but they were too small for that purpose,” he says. “Then it occurred to me that I could make the pancakes bigger with a design that could be flipped. “Japan actually has pretty big chopsticks, but they use them in pairs when stirring and they’re pretty fun to handle.”
And it has become more practical. Wooden utensils can last for decades compared to years for silicone alternatives (if cleaned and stored properly), and there’s been a lot of discussion recently about the number of toxic chemicals a regular black plastic spatula can expose users to.
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From a design perspective, we’ve been moving in this direction for a while and have become increasingly hungry for more with less. While minimalist Joseph kitchen tools and stacking bowls have been something we’ve been strangely drawn to for some time, Jony Ive has done for computers what his predecessors in industrial design did for iconic chairs and lamps.
But abstract wooden Scandi baby toys in beige, cream and cool gray can be quite maddening. It should be bright red and bright green and make a lot of noise. And we can’t stand blocky, featureless birth sets. ludicrous. They are just peeing. But we can safely say that you can’t get anything more minimalist than a stick.
WIRED senior editor Jeremy White exclaims, “How can something so ridiculous be so desirable?” Perhaps stirring sticks are inherently more macho than spoons? something more similar the bears Could Carmy Berzatto throw it across the kitchen?
“It is a poor tool. “I was amazed at the simple task of stirring food with a stick.” Richardt said, smiling slightly. “It brought me back to something. I can’t explain it, but it felt good. “I felt like I had gone back to being a Neanderthal.”
