The table
Setting the mood
Chapter II
Pax
A reduced modern form with changing thicknesses, sweeping lines and a dynamic silhouette.
Pax uses a reduced design language with changing material thicknesses, sweeping lines and a taut silhouette. The result is clear and modern, but with a softly expressive sense of movement.
About the series
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Pax uses a reduced design language with changing material thicknesses, sweeping lines and a taut silhouette. The result is clear and modern, but with a softly expressive sense of movement.
Table stories
Robbe & Berking Pax
The ritual
How the cutlery looks in use
Series guide
Questions about Pax
Which cutlery connects West Africa, Sylt and classical French cuisine?
Pax. The collection appears on remarkably different Michelin-starred tables. At Anthony’s Kitchen in Meerbusch, chef Anthony Sarpong brings his West African roots together with global influences. On Sylt, Felix Gabel uses Pax at KAI3 alongside a cuisine built around Nordic Fusion and ingredients from Northern Germany and Scandinavia. At Restaurant Reuter, Iris Bettinger moves between classical French technique, regional flavours and Far-Eastern nuances. Three very different culinary identities — connected by the same cutlery.
Why does Pax work in restaurants with such different culinary identities?
Because its character comes from proportion rather than decoration. Heinrich Meldau created Pax with sweeping lines, changing material thicknesses and a distinctive profile, giving the collection enough personality to shape a table without prescribing a particular style. It can sit beside an experimental tasting menu, Nordic ingredients or classical cuisine without competing with what arrives on the plate.
What should you look at from the side to understand Pax?
Its profile. Pax is not simply a flat silhouette viewed from above. The changing thickness of the material and the way the lines sweep through each piece give the collection a three-dimensional quality. Turn a piece slightly in the hand and the design begins to reveal itself through light, shadow and proportion.
Who designed the cutlery chosen by chefs such as Anthony Sarpong and Felix Gabel?
Pax was designed by Heinrich Meldau. His approach is notably restrained: instead of ornament, the collection relies on shape, balance and variations in the thickness of the steel. That apparent simplicity is deceptive. The closer the pieces are examined, the more clearly their sculptural construction appears.
Can pure design still give a table a decorative presence?
Pax shows that it can. Robbe & Berking describes the collection through skilful simplicity, yet the sweeping lines and unusual profile give it a subtle brilliance when the table is set. The decoration is not applied to the surface — it comes from the shape of the object itself.