This new design kitchen tool is just a stick. So why are we obsessed with it?

Besides creating steel, brass and wood sculptures, Richardt also creates Minimalist design For more than a decade for the Denmark Design Studio Frama: A daytime bed, a relaxing chair, candle price, rack system, a “very minimalist” lamp for Noma restaurant.

However, Frama passed down the Tool One so Richardt kept it at home until she happened to find a kitchen utensils factory. VEARKAlso in Copenhagen, the place to produce tools inspired by professional kitchens. For the co -founder Daniel Ronge and Christian Lorentzen, it is love at first sight.

We joke about the absolute simplicity of this thing, but of course, Richardt’s inspiration is partly from the utensils in Asia. Cooking chopsticks are often made from bamboo for a long time used by professional chefs to taste and taste in the kitchen.

He said: “I have some chopsticks at home that I often use to stir oatmeal in the morning for a few years and it is a bit too small to do it. “Then I thought I could turn it bigger into a design that could flip a pancake. In Japan, they really have some large chopsticks, but they still use them in pairs when stirring and holding them quite interesting. ”

And there is more reality. Wooden items can exist for decades compared to many years for silicon replacement substances (if cleaned and preserved properly), and there is one Many discussions Recently, the number of toxic chemicals that regular black plastic spoon can cause users to contact.

In terms of design, it is clear that we have been in this direction for a while, always craving more and less. The minimalist kitchen utensils of Joseph Joseph and the stacked bowls that we have been strangely attracted for a while, while Jony Ive has made the computer what the predecessors. His in the field of industrial design has made iconic chairs and lights.

However, the abstract scandi scandi baby toys are beige, cream and cold gray can be quite angry. They must have bright red, light green and make a lot of noise. And the shaped Christmas, nothing special that we cannot follow. Ridiculous. They are simply urinating. But I think we can say safely that you cannot minimize a stick.

As a senior Wired editor, Jeremy White exclaimed: “How can a ridiculous thing can be desired?” Perhaps a stirring stick is more powerful than a spoon? Similar to something bear Can Carmy Berzatto throw across the kitchen?

“It was a modest tool. I was very surprised at the use of a simple food stirring stick, ”Richardt said softly. “It brought me back something … I couldn’t explain, but it was a pleasant feeling. I feel like I was brought back to Neanderthal. ”