Studio William: BALSA Flatware Design Wins Good Design Award

BALSA flatware design from UK’s Studio William wins Good Design Award

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Studio William, the incredibly talented UK-based designer and producer of hospitality flatware and cutlery, has announced its BALSA design flatware has just been awarded the GOOD DESIGN Award 2015, from the Chicago Athenaeum of Architecture and Design. Each year, The Chicago Athenaeum presents the GOOD DESIGN Awards Program for the most innovative and cutting-edge industrial, product, and graphic designs produced around the world.

The BALSA flatware design has an elegant, clean form, combined with sophisticated balance and ergonomics. This is only achieved utilizing the highest design and manufacturing skills.

Studio William design the top surface of the BALSA knives to have a totally flat, clean form. However, the BALSA knives have an unexpected choil (the unsharpened section of a knife blade in front of the guard) on the underside of the handles which allows for a dramatic reduction in gauge thickness.  This enables Studio William to achieve the perfectly refined weight and balance.
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In designing the remainder of the BALSA pattern, Studio William deliberately elongated and made slender the fork heads and spoon bowls to enable the diner to pick up smaller food portion sizes, allowing the diner to focus on…to really think… about the tastes and textures that chef has created.

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Studio William: BALSA Flatware Design Wins Good Design Award