Design inspired by food

Espresso Alchemy Nina Tower

The concept for the cafe was inspired by the rich red-brown colors of coffee crema. Using a white base to create an atmosphere of lightness and to reflect in maximum daylight, we used a selection of red toned materials, each with a unique quality to express different elements of the architecture. Metagram The most visible event, the bar bench, positioned parallel to the mall corridor gives the frontage impetus and provides a strong visual edge to define the space. Clad in triangular terra-cotta pigmented concrete tiles with distinct three dimensional fluting, the dynamic material breaks down the monolith into a play of pattern and geometry. Metagram The working surface, a carefully selected terrazzo, features shards of red marbl... More

Product • By Lanzavecchia + Wai • Grains Sofa

Grains Sofa

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Product • By Lanzavecchia + Wai • AUSTERITY

AUSTERITY

The domestic landscape reflects our culture, our taste and our habits. The objects that populate it absorb the atmosphere that pervades the space through their physicality, functionality and identity. Ostensibly living intact through good times and also adverse ones, the domestic objects become invisible to us over time with their familiarity. How can furniture react to times of crisis? The decorational elements that were once appreciated, suddenly become superfluous and should evolve to reflect a new era ofausterity; the objects become edible and offer themselves to be consumed when needed.In four conceptual objects, Lanzavecchia + Wai repropose basic nutrients, carbohydrates, proteins, sugar and chocolate as food reserves which at the sa... More

Product • By WamHouse • ZJEDZONY

ZJEDZONY

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Product • By DEDON® • Dala Collection

Dala Collection

Patio furniture made from recycled food and drink packaging. DALA takes inspiration from the artisanship and improvised seating arrangements of the developing world. Surface and structure merge in this versatile collection by Stephen Burks, each piece starting as a powder-coated frame of aluminum mesh through which DEDON’s master weavers thread colorful strands of our revolutionary new ecological fiber. More

Product • By Leonardo Talarico • Tofu

Tofu

TOFU is the provocative armchair by Leonardo Talarico. As its name suggests, this piece of furniture is made out of Tofu, one of the most nutrient, soft and ancient aliment. Through a dehydration process and subsequent thermal shock, tofu gains important mechanical properties and it can be used as a structural material. The armchair is treated with a natural colour that is able to change shades of colour based on the acidity of the material. More

Product • By Jellio • Ice Cream Cookie Ottoman

Ice Cream Cookie Ottoman

If you’re a foodie and interior decorating fan both then you probably already thought about buying some furniture inspired by food or snacks. It definitely could be fun way to admire your favorite products. The Ice Cream Cookie is a seat, an ottoman, and a table in the same time. It can give any room a delicious makeover. This awesome piece of furniture is made of solid foam and comes with wooden legs. Chocolate wafer cushions are covered in canvas, vanilla ice cream center is covered in velvet. Although the price isn’t as fun as the Ice Cream Cookie itself. More

Product • By Valentina Audrito • Sunny Shag Up

Sunny Shag Up

Our carpets have been influenced by our recreational habits, too many eggs and leon. More

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Product • By gugliermetto diego • Savory Poufs

Savory Poufs

Sitting on a giant table bar or some tasty pastries? Italian designer Diego Gugliermetto made it possible creating a series of food inspired sofas and poufs More

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Product • By gugliermetto diego • CHOCOLATE AND BIGNÈ POUFS

CHOCOLATE AND BIGNÈ POUFS

Sitting on a giant table bar or some tasty pastries? Italian designer Diego Gugliermetto made it possible creating a series of food inspired sofas and poufs More

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Product • By gugliermetto diego • CHOCOLATE BAR SOFA

CHOCOLATE BAR SOFA

Sitting on a giant table bar or some tasty pastries? Italian designer Diego Gugliermetto made it possible creating a series of food inspired sofas and poufs. More

Product • By Moroso • HEMP chair

HEMP chair

Lightweight, strong and environmentally friendly, Hemp Chair is the first stackable single-shell small armchair devised and designed for the use of a new industrial material based on natural fibres. A sheet, with over 75% of its composition made up of hemp, is heat-formed via a production process with low environmental impact borrowed from the car-making industry. This technique ensures extreme ease of modelling which enables the softness of the shapes to be exaggerated to such an extent that they achieve an almost 3D effect. The Hemp Chair project is backed by the German chemicals company BASF and with its gemstone-shaped structure represents a new approach to this complex type of seat More

Product • By Jannis Hulsen • Xylinym

Xylinym

Background Xylinum is a research project that asks: “What could future materials and production processes look like?” It has been known for a long time, that micro-organisms can be used for industrial processes, like yeast cultures for production of bread, alcohol or cheese. Since it is possible to decode the DNA of organisms, and even to change it consciously, the so called “White Biotechnology” has changed fundamentally. Now it has become possible to replace chemical by organic processes. This already has happened in the textile and detergent industry and shows big potential in the production of energy or plastics. Bacterial-cellulose is such a material, which is produced by a bacterium called Acetobacter Xylinum. In a nutrition liquid i... More

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