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Designers of Cutlery, This One’s for You
Eating requires either using hands or implements intended for some specific use, but not all designers follow that rule
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. — François de la Rochefoucauld
Form follows function is a principle associated with late 19th and early 20th-century architecture and industrial design. It means the shape of a building or object should primarily relate to its intended function. The phrase was first used by architect Louis H. Sullivan, seen as the “father of the skyscraper, in his 1896 essay “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered.”
But shouldn’t every design, not solely restricted to buildings, be following that caveat? Why would only architecture be the only design element that pays attention to the function of an object? It doesn’t make sense, and it certainly doesn’t make sense when it comes to eating and cutlery.
