Alessi — VA02/3 | Virgil Abloh table knife

There is something deliberately unsettling about the silhouette of the VA02/3 knife: the blade and handle seem intent on presenting themselves as two distinct yet inseparable entities. Made of 18/10 stainless steel, the material par excellence of the Alessi tradition, the utensil carries a formal tension that goes beyond function. The surface reflects light with mirror-like precision, but the eye lingers on deliberately deconstructed proportions, on a profile that never stops prompting questions. Virgil Abloh - the designer, architect, and creative director who redrew the boundaries between fashion, art, and everyday objects - worked with Alessi on the *Conversational Objects* collection to transform cutlery into cultural manifestos. Abloh, already known for his quote-driven approach and ability to work across seemingly irreconcilable codes, applied to the table the same philosophy that marked his journey from Kanye West to Louis Vuitton: making the strange familiar, and vice versa. The VA02/3 emerges from this dialogue between functionality and concept, between an object for use and a work to contemplate. At Stilmobili, we chose this knife because it speaks to us of a table setting that is not content simply to be beautiful: it wants to spark conversations. It is the ideal piece for those who inhabit space with critical awareness, for those who want even an everyday gesture - bringing food to the mouth - to contain a thought. An extraordinary gift for anyone who collects contemporary design or simply refuses to settle for the ordinary. Project notes: length 20.2 cm, 18/10 stainless steel, part of the *Conversational Objects* series in the fall/winter edition. A tableware item that is, first and foremost, a collectible.