The late designer Virgil Abloh had to work hard to convince Italian design brand Alessi he could make the switch from fashion to industrial design, according to company director Alberto Alessi. More
Design studio Barbara Gollackner has presented a collection of homeware items made from industrial and personal food waste at Vienna Design Week. More
German designers Kai Linke and Peter Eckart have created an exhibition for the London Design Biennale in which disposable plastic cutlery is displayed as archaeological artefacts. More
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes a coronavirus-inspired bring-your-own cutlery set designed in collaboration with Pharrell Williams. More
The Pebble is a bring-your-own cutlery set for the coronavirus pandemic made from recycled CDs by design studio Pentatonic in collaboration with singer Pharrell Williams' creative brand I Am Other. More
British cutlery company Viners has released a collection of kitchen knives with rounded tips in a bid to reduce knife-related incidents. More
Metal mittens, plates made from spoons and foraged clay bowls are among more than 500 pieces of cutlery and crockery created for the latest in a series of Experimental Gastronomy banquets. More
Paw-shaped cutlery pieces appear to be attempting escape from their sculptural base, as part of this design that LA duo the Haas Brothers created for art collector George Lindemann Jr. More
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Aurore Brard has created tableware featuring coloured accents, designed to help visually impaired people dish up the correct amount of food and drink. More
New York designer Joe Doucet has created a collection of knobbly 3D-printed homeware for an exhibition at the city's Cooper Hewitt museum. More
The work of expert metalworkers from the northwest of Japan is on show in an exhibition for London Design Festival. More
Skeleton is a sculptural set of cutlery that can be hooked onto tableware, designed by Japanese studio Nendo for Belgian brand Valerie Objects. More
Passengers flying on US airline Delta will be able to eat their in-flight meals from tableware by designers Patricia Urquiola, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, and Humberto and Fernando Campana from next month. More
Design studio Michel/Fabian has created a spoon that claims to improve the flavour of food, by recreating the experience of licking your fingers. More
Architecture firm UNStudio applied a curving design reminiscent of its built projects to this set of cutlery for Italian brand Alessi. More
Swiss studio Big-Game has designed a table-friendly version of a classic folding knife by French manufacturer Opinel. More
Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate we've rounded up six quirky cutlery designs that make eating a celebratory feast more memorable, including a hybrid spork, knives that look like tools and utensils too big to fit into your mouth. More
A single piece of flat, flexible plastic serves as a whole set of measuring spoons in this invention by Polygons Design. More
Claw-like forks and spoons with extra bowls are among a collection of nonsensical cutlery commissioned by Amsterdam design studio Steinbeisser (+ slideshow). More
Designers Maarten Baas and Koichi Futatsumata have created a range of eating implements as part of a series of cutlery collaborations by Antwerp design label Valerie Objects. More
