In addition to making steel, brass and wooden sculptures, Richardt has created Minimalist drawings For more than a decade for the Danish design studio Frama: a bed of rest, a long chair, candlesticks, a system of shelves, a “very minimalist” lamp for the Noma restaurant.
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However, Frama abandoned Tool One, then Richardt kept him at home until he fell by chance on the kitchen utensils studio. VearkAlso in Copenhagen, which manufactures tools inspired by professional kitchens. For co -founders Daniel Rodent and Christian Lorentzen, it was love at first sight.
We are kidding on the simplicity of this thing, but Richardt’s inspiration has of course come from Asian utensils. Kitchen baguettes, often in bamboo, have long been used by professional junkie chiefs for tasting and sampling in the kitchen.
“I had the baguettes at home that I used to stir my oatmeal in the morning for a few years, and they were a little too small to do it,” he said. “Then I thought I could enlarge it to get a model that could also return a pancake. In Japan, they actually have fairly large chopsticks, but they always use them in pairs when they move, and they are rather fun to handle.
And there is more practicality. Wooden utensils can last decades against years for silicon alternatives (if they are properly cleaned and stored), and there have been a lot of discussions in recent times on the number of toxic chemicals to which the plastic spatulas ordinary black could expose users.
Sophie Charara
In terms of design, it is clear that we have been running for this direction for some time, ready to want more and more or less. The kitchen utensils and the minimalist stackable bowls of Joseph Joseph has attracted us strangely for some time, while Jony Ive has done for computers what his predecessors in industrial design have done for, say, chairs and emblematic lamps.
Abstract Wooden Scandi Wooden Toys in Beige, Cream and Cold Gray can however be quite exasperating. They must be bright and bright green and make a lot of noise. And blocks in blocks and without relief that we cannot bear. Ridiculous. They just make fun. But I think we can say with certainty that there is nothing more minimalist than a stick.
As Jeremy White, editor-in-chief of Wired, exclaims: “How can something so ridiculous be so desirable?” Is a stick to stir intrinsically more macho than a spoon, perhaps? Rather something The bear Could Carmy Berzatto cross a kitchen?
“It is a modest tool. I was surprised by the simple thing to have a stick to stir your food, ”says Richardt with a little laugh. “It brought me back to something … I couldn’t explain it, but it was a pleasant feeling. In a way, I felt like I was brought back to the Neanderthals.
