Impractical Fractals? Mathematics-Inspired Silverware Set | Designs & Ideas on Dornob - Feed https://dornob.com Architecture, Interior and Furniture Design Thu, 07 Aug 2025 23:57:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Impractical Fractals? Mathematics-Inspired Silverware Set https://dornob.com/impractical-fractals-mathematics-inspired-silverware-set/ Sat, 06 Oct 2012 19:00:30 +0000 http://dornob.com/?p=35609 They may not be the most useful designs, but there is a seed of functionality and spark of inspiration behind this tableware concept. The Infinity Set includes: “Cantor fork :: now you can pin a single kiwi seed. Twice in a row. Recursive spoon :: it will never let you spill a drop of soup. Ever. Koch […]

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They may not be the most useful designs, but there is a seed of functionality and spark of inspiration behind this tableware concept.

The Infinity Set includes: “Cantor fork :: now you can pin a single kiwi seed. Twice in a row. Recursive spoon :: it will never let you spill a drop of soup. Ever. Koch knife :: to delicately cut hair-thin slices out of an egg. A raw egg. The Infinity Set :: the set includes itself. As a subset.”

They boast “limited quantities” but “unlimited price” as a bit of a play of sets, series and the fact that this is simply an idea, or perhaps a proof of sorts (at least of concept).

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