Australian studio Hop Design has used 3D printing to create a cutlery set called Font that can be tailored to people with different disabilities while maintaining a strong and cohesive aesthetic.
Named for its typography-like appearance, the Font cutlery collection, which has been shortlisted in the homeware design category of Dezeen Awards 2022, comes in 24 distinct sets and could potentially also be developed for custom order.
Hop Design founder Michael Hoppe created the cutlery with the idea of making everyone feel included around the dinner table.
The different shapes in the cutlery are designed to cater to different mobility issues
"Cutlery solutions for people with disabilities can be orthopaedic looking and create a sense of 'other' when sitting next to regular cutlery," said Hoppe. "We aim to change that." The minimalistic cutlery features exaggeratedly rounded shapes on the handles, knife blade, spoon bowl and fork kneck. These characteristics make it look like a united collection, even given all of the other variations.
Some elements that commonly change across the collection are the thickness of the handles and the angles between the handles and eating implements.
The Font cutlery collection is meant to make everyone feel included around the dinner table
Hoppe designed the sets to cater for people with all different levels of hand strength, dexterity and control ? capacities which may be diminished by age, injury, arthritis or congenital issu...