Dutch designer Maarten Baptist has reduced standard knives, forks, and spoons to mere outlines of their former selves. His Open Air flatware is lightweight and something of a hoot to use (6-piece dinner set, $195, serving spoon, $52; lekkerhome.com). Surprisingly, it pairs nicely with the open metalwork of earlier generations, like this 1850s fish fork and this reproduction of a vintage slotted vegetable spoon (2-piece fish set, $695; spoon, $65; Feinberg English Silver; 212-244-6757).
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