Arguments have raged for years in Japan about the merits of disposable wooden chopsticks, a mainstay of restaurants and ready-made boxed bento meals sold in convenience stores and supermarkets. Japan ...

Japanese studio Nendo has redesigned the humble chopstick, creating six new versions including one with a profile that looks like a flower (+ slideshow). Hanataba chopsticks Nendo collaborated with a ...

London Design Festival 2014: the legs of these small tables by Taiwan designer Andrew Cheng measure just 1.2 centimetres in diameter. While designing the Chopsticks tables, San Francisco-based Andrew ...

Walk into any Japanese noodle shop or restaurant and chances are high you'll soon be eating with a pair of disposable wooden chopsticks from China. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

In the past, chopsticks were much more than tableware; they represented blessings and misfortune. In the Sung dynasty, sailors didn't say zhu - the antique word that refers to chopsticks; another word ...