The People's Republic of China prohibits the use of officially sticks of wood use, So what do we do when we find ourselves in a Japanese or Chinese restaurant or company bella? We pull out our wooden decorated chopsticks maybe or colored plastic and eat with those.

Could also be a good idea to at quite a few oddities to friends or relatives who are lovers of Oriental cuisine, so let's have a beautiful figure at Christmas and also with the environment!

China finally awakes from slumber and discovers that, Apart from four pandas that have remained, Maybe you should worry even for the State of their forests, then he realizes that the notorious wooden sticks that are used to eating too much cost in terms of health planet, in fact, are marketed the beauty of 45 billion only in the country of sticks of Mao, not to mention all the other copies that are sold throughout the rest of the world. This practice is proving harmful for everyone, and then the Chinese proposal is to prohibit the sale of these chopsticks in restaurants and actually adopt the system that you use in restaurants of half the world: wash the cutlery! So, If we also add a nice touch of design Here you can get a nice list of interesting places where to find the suitable ecological gift!

Rock n Roll ‘ chopstick

Jacky Wu Tung Chih is the designer of this kind of chopsticks really special, in fact are of stainless steel and thin only 3 mm, are flat and can be rolled on themselves type ring. They seem so those bracelets that were fashionable when I was in elementary school… schioccavano solemnly banging on the wrist when, but then they have banned because we cut the veins with sharp edges. Patience will mean that instead of folding them around your wrist you will put in a separate bag. However, if you can use as perpetual straws.

Uki Hashi chopstick

From an idea by Mikiya Kobayashi for H Concept. The idea is a little manic cleaning but have a because, in fact the end of the stick is raised that is designed to never have to touch the table or ceramic chopstick holder. You can choose and colored plastic or bamboo and you can see here.

Flostick

This example of design completely inspired by nature, and it is not difficult to notice it, is disposable (but don't despair), but has a longer duration because it uses the system of Onion. Each time you use it rather than throw it “peels” the last layer and how new is ready for a new meal!

You can use it for three times, in fact the leaflets In addition to being decorative element, They also serve to indicate the number of layers available. Kim Byoung-Hak the Korean designer who has designed Flostick, even the brilliant idea to use the stick peeled as support for potted plants, even if...… use them as sticks will not bring the world to scatafascio…

Tukaani

This is very funny, looking at it it seems more a grandmother's brooch, actually it is a pair of spring-loaded rods, I presume you must call the tukaani as vaguely reminiscent of Bill Toucan.

Are designed to Lincoln Kayiwa and are manufactured in Finland, in pure silver 925 with trademark and copyright certificate printed on sticks. Certainly it is strange that they could make an impression at the table, but for a lifetime (like diamonds) and make their porca figure. Where you buy is still not clear to me, but the site It is also in English and therefore it is thought to keep an eye on!

ChimpSticks

This is for the children or for those who love kawaii beyond measure. Are platicose and coloured and have a happy face Monkey smiling that, also in this case, acts as a decorative and functional holding chopsticks at United. Is silicone food and dishwasher all VES that you want and you can pull the arms and replacing them with others that we like more. Much like the same company and of the same materials are Chopstick kids designed to help children to learn to hold the infamous chopsticks. Melamine and food silicone. You buy in the shop only in America and Canada, but don't despair if you find online here.

More than chopsticks

Fun, colourful and the invention of German Müller, Johannes and Moritz Willborn they have invented a triad of food design all green. Chopsticks are ramified to take sushi in industrial quantities, the tube has two branches for a meeting with one love cocktails and stecchino, even the one with two tips, to take more olives during the’happy hour. Nice idea… and I think that remains, are not able to understand if it is just a prototype or if it is available somewhere.

Travel chopsticks

So… on the site lavish&lime There are lots of interesting trivia, not only because of design but because they are Eco certified and non-toxic, therefore perfectly suitable for cooking. The type of chopsticks in bamboo are minimal (which makes them appealing only to the), slightly twisted for easy grip and sold in packages 5 for large families. I am a bit delicatine and should be washed by hand but it is certainly a great fatigue wash 4 chopsticks! Travel and with fork and spoon are these other threaded boxwood sticks steel with the rigid box.

Pearl river

This more than be an indication for a pair of chopsticks is an alert for a beautiful Shop located on Broadway, NYC. Besides being full of all and most universal of knowledge still has a lot of beautiful chopsticks of all forms, colors and prices. To see and buy… here.