November 23, 2010
In 1987, the French pasta maker Panzani commissioned Philip Starck to design a new pasta shape for them. Here’s what Mr. Stark came up with. Unfortunately,Marille did not remain in production very long. As far as I can determine, problems were encountered with uneven cooking of various parts of shape.  It’s interesting to think how food design has really changed our world from the farm to table approach of where we use to be till now. This concept of how food - and our growing, preparation, and consuming processes- should grow with us is of particular interest.

In 1987, the French pasta maker Panzani commissioned Philip Starck to design a new pasta shape for them. Here’s what Mr. Stark came up with. Unfortunately,Marille did not remain in production very long. As far as I can determine, problems were encountered with uneven cooking of various parts of shape.  It’s interesting to think how food design has really changed our world from the farm to table approach of where we use to be till now. This concept of how food - and our growing, preparation, and consuming processes- should grow with us is of particular interest.

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November 23, 2010

James King illustrates ‘Dressing the meat of tomorrow’

This is something that I know John is taking about as well. It’s interesting to think about all those great concepts out there (like the ones posted below), that encompass what the future of meat will not only look like, but smell, and taste like. If we can do these kinda things with meat, surely vegi’s can take on any form language other than their original one.

Vat grown meat

Vat grown meat.

Cells seem to be all the rage, and fellow UID IxD Alumni Matt Brown stirred things up with being about to go back into history and have that wooly mammoth you always wanted. I love the fact that Matt obviously is looking forward in terms of technology but hasn’t forgotten the Jurassic Park goodness that is extracting and duplicating prime DNA.

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November 22, 2010
Designer Foods of the past + future. From foodballs to MRI meat. Read the article in the Guardian and RCA grad James King.

Designer Foods of the past + future. From foodballs to MRI meat. Read the article in the Guardian and RCA grad James King.

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November 22, 2010
Edible Geography

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November 22, 2010

Cross(x)Species gastronomy in action.  Including and interview the esteemed scientist and artist-Natalie Jeremijenko.

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Filed under: food science social 
November 22, 2010
Culinary Experiments + Food Innovation on a natural level.

A brilliant idea that takes a look at hands-on molecular gastronomy and nutrient cycling. 

On their website the concept is explained as:

Each event is an experience of the depth and complexity of our interconnections with nonhumans, exploring the web that traces our gastronomic, economic and material interdependency with butterflies, snails, geese, bats and other intelligent and delicious creatures. This supper club will present 5 courses of foods delicious and nutritious to both humans and nonhumans, with wine, beer and edible cocktail pairing and a take-home. This on-going lifestyle experiment is created by Natalie Jeremijenko, Mihir Desai (gastronomist superstar), Emilie Baltz of Fork & Design (design oversight), and other intelligent creatures.

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November 22, 2010
Foodprints // What's the deal?

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November 21, 2010
Initial Thoughts // The Rough Brief

Food is ingrained in human nature. The risks of food shortage and the individual impacts humans have on food consumption, transportation, waste, and energy consumption are beginning to change the way we interact with food, and our community?

Can we use urban farming and community food science to create a laboratory (either communal or private) to inspire co-producers (and not consumers) of edible creations in localized situations? How can the laboratory we use to experiment, store, and prepare our food have an influence on our edibles experience? And, what is the relationship between design and food?

Some keywords I’ve come up with: Urbanism, FutureFarming, Laboratory, Future Kitchens, Food Science, Food Security, Zoning, Community, Space, Food Lab, Foraging, Genetic Engineering.

I know there’s a lot there but I just needed to make my imprint on the screen.

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Filed under: brief thoughts 
November 20, 2010
Research Areas

There are a lot of different ways we can take things with this project, and often-for me, there’s a lot of stuff I find overly interesting in the initial research stage. So to start I am going to look into the following areas:

  • Food Security
  • Foodprints
  • Food Science
  • Food + Space
  • Space Food
  • Urban Farming
  • Communal Spaces /Living

That should be enough to start (maybe even too much). 

out.

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November 18, 2010
Hello Electrolux

This week commenced week 1 of Interaction Concept: Distributed Kitchen Creativity- Thoughtful and Connected Environment, a 9 week project in collaboration with Electrolux.

The aim of this project is to gain experience of the process of designing a product or system where playfulness and ubiquitous computing are involved. Emphasis is this project is give to experience prototyping and systemic thinking as methods for exploring user experience on a conceptual level. Carried out in collaboration with Electrolux this project should also emphasize the integration of hardware and software solutions in the final design of the product.

It is also suggested that we will be exploring how a network of kitchen appliances can be designed to act as agents or facilitators for cooking creativity. By utilizing the fact that we have a large number of devices in the kitchen, we could look at what would happen if we connect these devices in a ubiquitous system to enhance the process of cooking. How does this turn into connected and distributed experience? Think about how the actual interactivity with individual product manifest whilst they are connected to each other. 

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Filed under: project outline 
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