‘meeting knives’ by mia schmallenbach for déglon image © déglon
brussels-based designer mia schmallenbach has created a set of knives for dégon. the paring, carving, chef’s and filleting knife all fit into one another to create a steel block. the proportions are based on the fibonacci sequence, with the base the average width of a hand.
knives embedded into each other making one steel block image © mia schmallenbach
view of four knives and casing image © mia schmallenbach
diagram demonstrating the proportions of the knives and their relation to the fibonacci sequence image © mia schmallenbach
the set of knives separated image © mia schmallenbach
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