You have probably heard the phrase "to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth", but where does this phrase originate from?

VERA & KYTE INTERVIEW BY MERETE HEGGERNES

A wonderful blend of creativity, cheeriness and Scandinavian aesthetics washes over us when we open the door to Vera & Kyte’s inspiring design studio in the Verftet neighbourhood in Bergen.

Over the past 10 years Wallpaper* have been uniting the most talented designers, artists and architects with outstanding craftsmen and manufacturers in order to create astonishing pieces for their annual Wallpaper* Handmade exhibition in Milan. The collaboration is a tribute to creativity and craftmanship, so when we were asked to contribute as one of the manufacturer’s, we were more than happy to oblige. You can read about our collaboration with Guglielmo Poletti in the tenth edition of Wallpaper* Handmade, in stores now.

Rose, Lilje, Pariser, and Dobbel Rococo are just some of our well-known and well-loved patterns, all of which are a part of Norway’s cultural and design history. Now you can see our sterling cutlery patterns gathered in a beautiful and inspiring book.

Lars Beller Fjetland grew up on the west coast of Norway, where he has nurtured a lifelong fascination for the marriage of function with the finest of nature's materials in furniture, interiors and lighting.