Nendo’s minimal, skeletal cutlery design has a functional purpose

Elegant and elegantly different, Nendo’s minimal cutlery design looks the way it does for a reason. The eye-catching scoop detail not only gives the cutlery visual character, it also helps you rest/dock your spoons, forks, and knives easily on a rack, stand, or even against other cutlery.

Designed for Belgian furniture and home accessories brand Valerie Objects, the cutlery series is aptly titled ‘skelton’, after its bony, skeletal appearance. It comes PVD coated in four different colours, silver, black, copper and gold to provide an anti-scratch and dirt-repellent surface.

Designer: Nendo for Valerie Objects

Sarang Sheth

Sarang is the co-editor in chief of Yanko Design. He is a former industrial designer at a Bangalore-based multidisciplinary design studio, working in areas including appliances, FMCG, packaging, technology, luxury, etc. Sarang has written about design and technology for over a decade and has been a jury member on international design awards. He occasionally works on tech concepts featured on Forbes, The Verge, Hypebeast, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, LetsGoDigital, and Unbox Therapy. Sarang graduated from MIT Institute of Design, Pune.

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