London, United Kingdom
The Conversational Objects is a collection designed by Virgil Abloh for Alessi designed as “table tools.”
This original collection has been awarded a 2023 Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Virgil Abloh applied his design approach to multiple culinary typologies, ranging from plates to cutlery, through an interest in the tradition of fine dining.
The mechanically inspired cutlery collection aims to stimulate discussion and the forging of relationships during the ritual of the communal meal.
The set takes cutlery from the workshop to the table and unites the final product with a suggestion of the mechanical tools used in its production.
The 16-piece set of four knives, forks, spoons, and teaspoons is made of matt-finish stainless steel and comes with a matching matt-finish stainless steel cutlery stand that resembles a threaded bolt, capped with a nut.
The customer has to put this stand together, to reinforce the idea of industrial assembly.
The cutlery set is composed of four spoons, four forks, four knives, and four small spoons in 18/10 stainless steel. The cutlery holder is in 18/8 stainless steel.
Project: Conversational Objects
Designers: ALASKA ALASKA
Lead Designer: Virgil Abloh
Manufacturer: Alessi SpA.
