A stainless steel coffee spoon meticulously designed by renowned designer Yanagi Sōri produced in Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture.
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This coffee spoon is one part of the cutlery series designed by Yanagi Sōri, one of Japan’s most revered product designers of the post-war era. The coffee spoon has a slight curve, fitting to the hand providing an ideal utensil for a cup of coffee. This series of tableware is produced by Nihon Yōshokki in Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture, an area recognized for its high level of metal craftspersonship.
‘Thinking with ones hands’ was Yanagi Sōri’s distinctive design approach, and he was known for his extensive hand-crafted model-making process. Numerous physical models were developed, starting with two-dimensional paper models cut from primary sketches. These were then developed into three-dimensional models crafted from polystyrene foam, in order for every curve of the shape to be inspected. Following this, models would be carved out of wood to confirm the weight and balance of the cutlery in the hand, and finally they were produced in metal to fine tune any remaining elements of the design. The result is a set of simple cutlery characterized by timelessness and functionality in its meticulously sculpted and perfected form.
Dishwasher safe
Size : L11.8cm
Kansai
The Kansai region includes the second-most populated metropolitan area in Japan with its largest city Osaka. Kyoto and Nara, two of Japan’s former capital cities, are home to important temples and shrines and strongholds of intangible cultural heritage, such as the Kyoto textile weaving skills of Nishijin.
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