Monday, May 26, 2008

Tord Boontje


Some kitchen utensils that I'm more inclined to display on the wall than use -- Dutch designer Tord Boontje's Witches' Kitchen collection, a set of six that includes a pork, spurk, dagger and spoonchela. Created by Boontje for Artecnica USA, each utensil is hand carved by an artisan community in Guatemala, and forms part of Artecnica's socially and environmentally responsible Design With Conscience collection, which employs production methods that are humane and environmentally friendly, as well as promoting self-sustaining communities of skilled artisans in undeveloped countries. Via Apartment Therapy: The Kitchn.

3 comments:

Jane Flanagan said...

These are beautiful shapes, though I'm somewhat scared of them. There's something sinister about those fork prongs.

Lori Langille said...

Yeah! But perfect for the kitchen of a witch ... don't they look like props from a Tim Burton movie?

:-)

Jane Flanagan said...

Yes! Very Tim Burtonesque.