News: Cutlery Design

We had a whopping 61 entries for the Contemporary Cutlery Design Competition 2022.  Below you can see the final eight shortlisted entries.

Hand by Anli Hou, Royal College of Art   Anli Hou is a postgraduate student in Jewellery and Metal Design at the Royal College of Arts.  “The inspiration of my work is ‘hands’. In China, there is a word called ‘mind and hand in accord’, which means to mobilize the enthusiasm of the whole body […]

Silhoutte by Lise Vester, Royal College of Art Lise is a postgraduate student in Design Products at the Royal College of Art. She receives a prize of £250. “Cutlery is probably the most intimate object and most useful tool we use in our home – every single day. Therefore, they are sometimes also hard to […]

Eat, Feed, Devour by Finn Banwell, West Dean College Finn is a first-year student in Metalwork at West Dean College. “In 2021 food should be sustainable and local. We should be close to our food. My cutlery design brings us closer to our food and draws inspiration from the first ever use of cutlery and […]

Shortlisted for the Contemporary Cutlery Design Competition 2021 Commensality by Kexin Liu, student of Jewellery and Metal at the Royal College of Art.

We received a large number of entries of a very high standard, and the judges had their work cut out. The diversity and creativity of materials, techniques and design narratives was absolutely fascinating. After carefully reviewing all the entries the judges decided upon their shortlist which you can see below.  The winner and runner up […]

As part of our Sexcentenary celebrations, the Cutlers Company teamed up with the Institute of Making to run a competition to design and make a new implement, tool or device for eating.   The judges of the competition were Ms. Zoe Laughlin, Director of the Institute of Making, the Master, and Mr. Alastair Fisher, of Taylors […]