Zyva Studio
presents
Table Toys Collection
Table Toys Collection
Table Toys is an art collection of 9 unique tableware created by Anthony Authie, founder of the Zyva studio agency. Historian Didier Le Fur further explains that at the beginning, forks, knives, and spoons were considered ornamental domestic items, which aimed to emphasize the prestige and power of a household by impressing guests. Powerful families of the gentry customarily had their coats of arms engraved on the back of cutlery, tools that became artifacts recounting the story of those who used them. Yet the world knows new kings and queens. Princes of reality TV, lords of Instagram, YouTube dynasties, Tik Tok maharajas, Snapchat pharaohs, and Facebook sultans. Anthony Authié therefore imagined the cutlery that would be used by the likes of French reality TV personality and influencer Nabilla, Kim Kardashian, Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Jake and Logan Paul or other Hype House influencers: Mia Hayward, Kouvr Hannon, Ryland Storms, Patrick Huston, Michael Sanzone, Calvin Golby, Connor Yates… According to him, the founder of Zyva studio would like his cutlery to be talked about a hundred years from now, in the same way we still talk about the one used by Louis XVI.
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Anthony Authié (born in 1992) is a French architect. He lives and works in Paris. His architectural novel Baston de regards, a reflection on the professional experiences of a young architect, is published by Parenthèses Editions in 2018. He founded Zyva Studio in 2019, a practice operating between architecture and design, and released “Muscle”, an essay that explores the relationship between the body and architecture. He later developed a series of works exploring Trans-Design, including furniture and the global environment. Exploring boundaries of visual representation, Anthony Authié, a selfdescribed maximalist architect and “Trans-Designer”, draws inspiration in the reminiscences of his youth in the 2000s. His work is informed by diverse popular references, ranging from Matrix to Dragon Ball Z, Arnold Schwarzenegger, car tuning and reality television. His projects are published in specialized magazine Designboom, Domus, AD, Coté Paris, Frame, Dezeen, Stir.
