Alessi — Nuovo Milano 5180/3M | Sottsass steel table knife

There is something absolute about placing a Nuovo Milano knife on the table. The monobloc form in AISI 420 stainless steel leaves no room for superfluous ornament: it is pure architecture for the hand, an object held with the naturalness of something that has always existed. The continuity between blade and handle, achieved without joints or interruptions, gives the piece a sculptural rigor that the evening's grazing light knows how to enhance in ever-different ways. Ettore Sottsass - one of the absolute masters of twentieth-century Italy, founder of the Memphis group, and a critical, visionary voice in international design - created this collection together with Alberto Gozzi at a moment of rare design restraint. Nuovo Milano is not an exercise in style: it is a statement of poetics. Sottsass chooses the essential, and finds perfection in the essential. The result is a cutlery set that carries the weight of an extraordinary intellectual biography without turning it into ostentation. At Stilmobili, we chose Nuovo Milano because it represents exactly what we look for when selecting an object for the table: the ability to transform the everyday into something memorable without raising its voice. It is the ideal knife for those who furnish with awareness, for those who know the difference between authentic design and mere decoration, for those who want every meal - even the most ordinary one - to have the dignity of a ritual. Project notes: length 23 cm, monobloc construction in AISI 420 steel, mirror finish. Part of the Alessi collection dedicated to table cutlery, available in the autumn-winter season.