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20th-century and contemporary modernist flatware from the 10,000+ pieces collection of Dung Ngo @misterngo

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I am excited to share two pieces of big news for 2026:

First, my modernist flatware collection will form the basis of the exhibition KNIFE FORK SPOON: EVERYDAY TOOLS, EXTRAORDINARY DESIGN, opening in May at the Denver Art Museum. Curated by @darrinalfred, the exhibition will feature over 150 designs spanning from 1900 to the present, with thematic sections on airline cutlery, children cutlery, travel cutlery, and more. A launch and talk is scheduled at the museum on September 26, so please mark your calendar.

Second, the accompanying book KNIFE FORK SPOON: MODERNIST CUTLERY 1900–2025 will be published October 20. At 600 pages, the book presents a comprehensive view of iconic flatware by designers such as Josef Hoffmann, Russel Wright, Gio Ponti and Isamu Noguchi, as well as highlighting lesser-known and experimental designs from Europe, the United States, Japan and beyond.

Having started my collection around 2000, these two projects have been decades in the making, and I can’t wait to finally be able to share it with you. Much more news and details to come.

Links to the exhibition and book in my bio and follow @knifeforkspoon.co for the latest 🍴news. by @knifeforkspoon.co

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Marcin Rusak Studio is pleased to participate in Knife, Fork, Spoon 3.0, a group exhibition presented during 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen.

Bringing together an international selection of artists, designers, and architects, the exhibition explores contemporary approaches to design, materiality, and craft.

With works by Rafael de Cárdenas, Charlap Hyman & Herrero, Johnston Marklee, Misha Kahn, Minjae Kim, Greg Lynn, Nifemi Marcus-Bello, Jolie Ngo, Jacqueline Rabun, Marcin Rusak, Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu, and David Wiseman.

Organized by Dung Ngo and presented by Marta Los Angeles.

June 10–12, 2026
Den Frie Udstilling
Oslo Plads 1
2100 Copenhagen, Denmark taken in Den Frie Udstilling by @knifeforkspoon.co

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Save the Date: June 10–12, Copenhagen. Organized by Dung Ngo (@misterngo / @knifeforkspoon.co) and presented by Marta Los Angeles (@marta.losangeles), Knife, Fork, Spoon 3.0 is an ambitious new project commissioning and exhibiting twelve contemporary flatware designs. These works are realised in stainless steel, produced via 3D–printing, and given form by some of today’s leading artists, designers, and architects (A–Z):

Rafael de Cárdenas (@rafaeldecardenas.ltd)
Charlap Hyman & Herrero (@ch_herrero)
Johnston Marklee (@johnstonmarklee)
Misha Kahn (@mishakahn)
Minjae Kim (@mnjaekim)
Greg Lynn (@greglynnform)
Nifemi Marcus–Bello (@nmbello1)
Jolie Ngo (@jolienope)
Jacqueline Rabun (@jacquelinerabun)
Marcin Rusak (@marcinrusak)
Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu [SO–IL] (@solidobjectives)
David Wiseman (@dwisemanstudio)

Presented for the first time in Copenhagen at ARK Journal’s (@arkjournal) Design/Dialogue exhibition in the historic Den Frie kunsthal (@denfrie.cph) as part of 3 Days of Design (@3daysofdesign), Knife, Fork, Spoon posits and reminds us that cutlery is an intimate part of daily life, as well as a universal touchpoint that transcends culture and generations.

Knife, Fork, Spoon 3.0
Ark Journal’s Design/Dialogue
Part of 3 Days of Design
June 10–12 2026

Den Frie Udstilling
Oslo Plads 1
2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Presented with generous support from @designwithinreach. taken in Copenhagen, Dennmark by @knifeforkspoon.co

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Designer: Carl Auböck lll
Design: Duo
Manufacturer: Rosenthal
Year: 1968
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The name Carl Auböck is revered by collectors in the know, but most don’t know there are four Carl Auböcks. The Werkstätte Carl Auböck has occupied the same address in Vienna’s seventh district for over a century, passing through four generations of the same family. Carl Auböck II (1900–1957), who studied at the Bauhaus before taking over his father’s bronze workshop, established the visual language that still defines the atelier: functional modernism made from brass, leather, horn, and wood. His son Carl Auböck III (1924–1993) inherited both workshop and ethos; his grandson Carl Auböck IV continues to produce new designs alongside the classics. by @knifeforkspoon.co

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Designer: Isabel Heubl
Design: Integral
Manufacturer: Amefa
Year: 2015
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Designer Isabel Heubl developed Integral after extensive studies into the circumstances and lifestyle of people with gripping difficulties and limited wrist range of motion. by @knifeforkspoon.co

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Designer: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Design: Newbery
Manufacturer: Lino Sabatinni
Year: 1902 (design) / 1987 (production)
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Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for all those who share my passion for knives, forks, and spoons – especially the wonderful designer @joinemaarten, who gifted me this rare set recently 🙏🙏 by @knifeforkspoon.co

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A favorite recent find: reusable plastic cutlery from Italy, designer and vintage unknown (they do remind me of Roger Tallon). Thank you @casafutura for getting these for me! taken in Milan, Italy by @knifeforkspoon.co

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Designer: Mattia Bonetti
Design: Atoll
Manufacturer: Guy Degrenne
Year: 2002
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Thank you @pa_kvintage for the tour of the @degrenne_officiel factory and this rare set of cutlery by @knifeforkspoon.co

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Designer: —
Design: Moscow Olympics commemorative cutlery
Manufacturer: The Moscow Olympics Committee
Year: 1980
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Moscow hosted the Olympics for the first take in 1980, the year the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. As a response, the US and many other western counties boycotted. Hence, souvenirs from this Olympics are hard to find in the west. This set was found in Krakow this past June, and I would have posted during the Paris Olympics but the box sent by Polish Post just arrived three months later (not an Olympic record). by @knifeforkspoon.co

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Designer: Michael Schneider
Design: Zueg Tools carving set
Manufacturer: mono
Year: 1999
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Inspired by the Neanderthal excavation sites near the mono factory in Germany, Schneider designed Tools as an homage to the “first cutlery pattern”. by @knifeforkspoon.co

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Designer: Unknown
Design: Pickette relish serving pieces
Manufacturer: Pickette
Year: c. 1950
. by @knifeforkspoon.co

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Designer: Eva Eisler
Design: Cimetric salad set (chartreuse)
Manufacturer: Mono
Year: 2002
. by @knifeforkspoon.co

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