Spoon-fed: Tableware for synaesthetic dining

The premise of the project was that tableware should be about more than simply conveying food to the mouth. ‘An everyday event, taste is created as a combination of more than five senses,’ says Jeon. ‘By exploring synaesthesia, if we can stretch the borders of what tableware can do, the eating experience can be enriched in multi-cross-wiring ways.’

Jeon paired each utensil with specific flavours, varying textures to enhance each combination. With so many varieties of tableware for specific uses, the project can be viewed as a post-modern twist on elaborate formal cutlery.

Our coverage of the Best of the London Design Festival included Understory, which created similarly unusual utensils to enhance the enjoyment of bespoke drinks.