Claw-like forks and spoons with extra bowls are among a collection of nonsensical cutlery commissioned by Amsterdam design studio Steinbeisser (+ slideshow).
Designed as alternatives to "efficient and functional" tableware, each piece has been created to slow down the time spent at the dinner table.
More than 35 artists and designers have contributed to Steinbeisser's collection of nonsensical cutlery
More than 35 artists and designers have contributed to the growing collection, with new pieces added for each annual Experimental Gastronomy food and design event organised by the studio.
Japanese jewellery designer Maki Okamoto created mutated pieces from recycled antique cutlery. She added extra tines or spliced the bowls of spoons together with forks. Estonian artist Nils Hint has made hybrid instruments for the collection, including a combined pair of scissors and spoon
Other hybrid implements, created by Estonian artist Nils Hint, pair spanners with forks and ladles with spoons. Hint also designed oversized cutlery, and increased the typical weight to play with diners' expectations.

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He made all of the pieces using recycled cutlery and tools from the former Soviet Union, bought in junk yards across Estonia.
Dutch designers Renee Boute and Lisanne van Zanten added gold to their cutlery to increase the diners' recognition of sweetness
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