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BOOKS, TRAVEL + DESIGN
Editor in chief, AUGUST Journal @augustjournal
Publisher, AUGUST Editions @augusteditions
Collector, @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 @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 @misterngo

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KNIFE FORK SPOON: Everyday Tools, Extraordinary Design at the Denver Art Museum officially opens today!

The exhibition is up for 24 months (!!) and the talk between myself and the curator Darrin Alfred will be Saturday September 26. Mark your calendar, details to come!

Thank you @darrinalfred and the entire team at the @denverartmuseum for this fabulous installation! taken in Denver, Colorado by @misterngo

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What can a set of flatware reveal about the era in which it was made? On October 21, Wright presents 𝗞𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗴𝗼, bringing together more than thirty cutlery sets that trace the evolution of modern design, from Neoclassicism and Bauhaus to Postmodernism.

In this video, designer and curator Dung Ngo explores why he considers these objects expressions of modernism, revealing how changing aesthetics and ideas about form and function found their way into everyday objects.

🔗 Bid on these sets and more at wright20.com taken in Chicago by @misterngo

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𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 • On October 21, Wright is proud to present 𝗞𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗴𝗼, an offering that brings new attention to the often-overlooked role of cutlery in everyday life—and its remarkable potential as a vehicle for innovative design.

Featuring more than thirty flatware sets by influential designers including Gio Ponti, Eliel Saarinen, Michael Graves, Tapio Wirkkala, Arne Jacobsen, and many more, the collection traces nearly a century of experimentation with form, material, function, and manufacture.

The auction coincides with the release of 𝘒𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘯: 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘺 1900–2025 from August Editions, as well as the Denver Art Museum’s exhibition 𝘒𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘯: 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴, 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯.

🔗 Bid now at wright20.com

𝗞𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗴𝗼 • 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟭 by @misterngo

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The Carriage House by Frank Weise, Philadelphia, 1953

The house is currently for sale with staging by @rarify. Thank you @david_rosenwasser for the tour! taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by @misterngo

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Studio Joan Miró, by Josep Lluís Sert, Palma de Mallorca, 1954-56 / Fundació Joan Miró, by Josep Lluís Sert, Barcelona, 1975 / Fundació Miró Mallorca, by Rafael Moneo, Palma de Mallorca, 1992

The Spanish artist Joan Miró asked his close friend the architect Josep Lluís Sert to design for him two buildings the span of two decades: a studio on the outskirts of Palma de Mallorca in the early 1950s, then a museum in Barcelona in the 1970s.

These two projects, designed while Sert was living in self exile from the Franco government in Boston, can be seen as an evolution of an architectural vocabulary. The Fondation Maeght in southern France, built in the 1960s, is the missing link.

In the late 1980s Rafael Moneo was commissioned to expand the Mallorca studio into a foundation with additional gallery and administrative spaces. by @misterngo

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Fundación Museo Jorge Oteiza, by Francisco Sáenz de Oiza, Alzuza (Pamplona), Spain, 1998–2003

Fifty years after their collaboration at the Santuary of Arantzazu (see my previous post), the architect Francisco Sáenz de Oiza and the sculptor Jorge Oteiza worked together again, this time on a museum dedicated to the work of Oteiza.

Oiza was well aware of the potential trap of producing an architecture that might compete with the artworks, and stated that “the [foundation] cannot lapse into the contradiction of producing a sculpture to contain sculptures. The more elementary and simple it is; the more monumental the sculptures will be that are displayed inside it”.

As now with all recent museums, that means architecture can be introduced in only a few places, mainly where artworks do not reside: the circulation and the ceiling. To say that Oiza made the most of the circulation is an understatement — in addition to a monumental staircase, there is also a series of vertiginous ramps in the same tinted concrete as the rest of the building. A series of sculptural skylights brings in natural light and also add visual interest to the top floor’s ceiling.

Despite his stated goal, Oiza produced a highly sculptural building, both inside and out, and the resulted whole is a pleasure to experience.

@oteizamuseoa taken in Fundación Museo Jorge Oteiza by @misterngo

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The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Arantzazu, Oñate, Spain, by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza with Luís Laorga, 1950-1955.

Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza might be the most interesting Spanish architect you have never heard of, though his most famous building, the Torres Blancas in Madrid, has been making the rounds on social media (see my post on it from December 2, 2022).

Arantzazu is a Marian pilgrimage site since the 1500s, where the Virgin Mary appeared to a shepherd within a hawthorn bush. When he was commissioned to design a new church for the site, Oiza translated the thorn motif into the exterior surfaces of the basilica. The sculptor Jorge Oteiza was commissioned for the apostle sculpture on the front facade, the sculptor Eduardo Chillida on the main doors, the sculptor Lucio Muñoz for the altar apse, and Fray Javier María Álvarez de Eulate for stained glass.

Thank you @mapout.studio for this incredible recommendation. taken in Sanctuary of Arantzazu by @misterngo

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Walden 7, by Taller Ricardo Bofill, Sant Just Desvern (Barcelona), 1972-1975. by @misterngo

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Palau de la Música Catalana (1905–1908) and the Hospital de Sant Pau (1905–1930), by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Barcelona.

Along with Antoni Gaudí, Lluís Domènech was one of the innovators of Modernista, the Catalan architectural equivalent of Art Nouveau and Jugenstil movements at the turn of the 20th century.

“Domènech i Montaner's buildings combine structural rationality with extraordinary ornamentation inspired by Hispano-Arabic architectural tradition and by the curves typical of Modernisme. They were in the architectural vanguard at the time, with the use of structural steel and the total utilization of exposed brickwork, and incorporated a profusion of mosaics, ceramics and stained glass, arranged in exquisite harmony.” [La Gran Enciclopèdia en català]

A prolific researcher and writer, Domènech was the director of the school of Catalan school of architecture for 45 years and had enormous influence on generations of designers. The Hospital de Sant Pau was a state-of-the-art facility when it first opened. With the combination of the Catalan vault and steel structures — large, clear spaces were made possible.

Long overshadowed by his even more exuberant contemporary Gaudí, his work is now recognized and highly regarded, and both of these buildings are now UNESCO sites. taken in Barcelona, Spain by @misterngo

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Three days on Mallorca full of sun, sea, architecture, and art. Oh, and a total solar eclipse. 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑 taken in Camp de Mar, Mallorca by @misterngo

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