Most of us are not destined to live in a domicile designed by an internationally celebrated architect. But you can add world-class architecture to your daily life with flatware by alive notables such as Renzo Piano and Jean Nouvel and not-alive notables such as Josef Hoffman and Arne Jacobsen. For more flatware roundups, go to 10 Easy Pieces: Everyday Stainless-Steel Flatware and 10 Easy Pieces: Bistro-Style Flatware.
Above: Arne Jacobsen designed this minimalist brushed-stainless line of flatware for Georg Jensen in 1957; a Five-Piece Place Setting is $95 at LX Studio.
Above: Inspired by the austere lifestyle of Bohemian monks, English architect John Pawson designed this spartan set of cutlery for Belgian company When Objects Work. The When Objects Work John Pawson Stainless Tableware Set of six four-piece place settings in a lovely box is $475 at Fitzsu.
Above: French architect and 2008 Pritzker Prize laureate Jean Nouvel designed this matte stainless-steel line of flatware for Georg Jensen in 2004. The Jean Nouvel Steel Cutlery Set is $110 for a boxed five-piece place setting at Georg Jensen Living.
Above: Italian architect Renzo Piano designed the curvaceous Piano 98 flatware for Scandinavian company Iittala in 1998. The polished stainless Iittala Piano Workshop Cutlery is $105 for a five-piece place setting at Velocity Art and Design. The Iittala Piano Collection Wood-Handled Serving Set is $101.91 at Amazon.
Above: Italian-born architect and designer Antonio Citterio created a brushed stainless cutlery line for Iittala. The Citterio 98 Cutlery Five-Piece Set is $54 at Velocity Art and Design.
Above: The Colombina Flatware Collection designed by Italian architects Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas in 2007 for Alessi is available in a high-polished stainless steel finish; $53 for a five-piece place setting at the Alessi Shop.
Above: In 1938, a trio of Italian architects and industrial designers collaborated on the Caccia line of flatware (it was initially produced only in sterling silver). In 1990 the company began offering the line in stainless steel; the Alessi's Caccia Five-Piece Cutlery Set is $103 at the Alessi Shop.
Above: Iconic Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti created a line of cutlery for Sambonet. Available in matte or polished stainless steel, the Gio Ponti Sambonet Flatware Five-Piece Setting is $112. The silverplate Gio Ponti Sambonet EPSS Flatware Five-Piece Setting is $172. Both at Unica Home.
Above: Achille Castiglioni's Dry Line reinterpretation of classic Italian tableware is available in mirror-polished or matte finish stainless steel; the Dry Cutlery 5-Piece Setting is $75 at Unica Home.
Above: Austrian architect Josef Hoffman designed a line of flatware in 1906 for the Wiener Werkstaette; Alessi recently reintroduced the Rundes Modell Flatware line in mirror-polished stainless steel; $140 for a five-piece set at Fitzsu.
Above: Grethe Meyer trained as an architect at the Academy of Arts in Copenhagen; her elegantly proportioned Georg Jensen's Copenhagen Steel Cutlery is available in mirror or matte finish; $120 for a five-piece set at Unica Home.
Above: Alessi's Nuovo Milano Flatware by Italian architect Ettore Scottsass features a mirrored stainless steel finish; $91 for a five-piece place setting at the Alessi Shop.
