"I found that Virgil had a completely different way of looking at things and objects. So, when he looked at the world of Alessi, it was through the eyes of one who loved the idea of a mechanical workshop – I remember that the first reference he showed me was a wrench – very far from what we habitually think of as good design. It was almost brutalist. I found this very interesting. As for us, it was a new approach. Alas, we had very little time to collaborate with Virgil, but I am so glad we did."

Made in Italy, the cutlery set, crafted in stainless steel, features geometric shapes and comprises a knife, fork, spoon and a carabiner to fasten all three together. It can be used as a new way of setting up the table or attaching these utensils to the body. Tools associated with the formality of place settings and a seated experience have now been reanimated as objects that can be free from convention. The design is very exclusive, limited to only 999 sets worldwide.

The 3909 kettle, released as a limited edition of 9,999 pieces, opens up a new narrative for an established piece of American design while playing with an exquisitely fresh and contemporary US reference. Selected by Virgil Abloh Securities for a re-design, the kettle created by Michael Graves is reborn as a new icon, combining culture, sport and aesthetics, the phenomenon of basketball and its multicultural imagery.

In Conversational Objects, Virgil Abloh imagines the table as the theatre for dialogue and conversation at the intersection between tradition and good cuisine. The designer rethinks cutlery in the modern meaning of the term: simple, non-discriminating, almost brutal.

Virgil Abloh was an artist, architect, engineer, creative director, artistic director, industrial designer, fashion designer, musician, DJ and philanthropist. While studying a design curriculum devised by Mies van der Rohe, Abloh began to craft the principles of his art practice. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago presented a major travelling survey of Abloh’s work in the summer of 2019 - one of the highest attended exhibitions in the museum’s history. Abloh was the Chief Creative Director and founder of Off-White™ and Men’s Artistic Director at Louis Vuitton.