Cortina transforms the surface of the handle through a fashionable all-over relief. Inspired by celebrated holiday destinations and international jet-set culture, the textured pattern creates a refined and contemporary mise en place.
18/10 stainless steel. Monobloc / solid-handle table knives. The carefully finished stainless steel brings clarity to the collection’s lines, proportions and decorative details, creating a refined play of light across the table.
When designing for the table, the focus is balance, restraint and the feeling of holding something that already belongs in your hand.
The 30-piece set extends six complete place settings with six cake forks, allowing Cortina’s tactile design language to continue after the main course. As the table becomes quieter, the smaller pieces bring the double-sided relief closer to the hand and make the texture easier to notice.
Because the design is compressed into a smaller object. Cortina’s relief remains present on both sides of the handle, but on the cake fork the fingers encounter that texture at a more intimate scale. The result makes the collection’s textile-inspired character especially immediate.
Cortina was designed around an unusual contrast: precise metal shaped with a relief inspired by the comfort of winter knitwear. During dessert and coffee, when the setting is smaller and the pace slower, that tactile reference becomes even more noticeable.
Because the extra six cake forks change the rhythm of the meal. The 24-piece set covers the essential place setting; the 30-piece version allows Cortina to remain part of the table into the final course. The design does not change, but the story of the table becomes longer.
It stops being decoration alone. Cortina’s relief is formed directly into the handle and appears on both sides, so every use reinforces the connection between pattern and function. The design is experienced not only visually, but through the repeated gestures of lifting, holding and setting the cutlery down.
