6 Awe-Inspiring Designs Made From Food!

Posted By Ana Lisa Alperovich On May 26, 2012 @ 2:58 am In Art,Features,Sustainable Food | No Comments

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Food doesn't just delight in delicious snacks and meals -- there are a whole crop of designers, artists and photographers ^[6] using the tasty medium to create some of the strangest and most awe-inspiring designs we've ever seen. Using everything from fish scales to orange peels ^[7] to chocolate ^[8], check out these 6 wacky yet sustainable examples of how people are playing with food ^[9] -- and creating something awesome while at it!

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Fantastical Photographed Scenes Pay Tribute To Food ^[6]

Photographer Matthew Carden ^[10] creates fantastic miniature landscapes ^[11] that revisit healthy eating choices. From a bug’s perspective, Carden creates playful moments using fruit, vegetables and small human figures in a ¨Small World¨. Here we realize the beauty in everyday life and eating.

 

Biodegradable Designs Grown From Dried Orange Skins ^[7]

Israel-based Ori Sonnenschein ^[12] loves experimenting with food waste and everyday objects. His latest adventure is ‘Solskin Peels’, a collection of objects made from tangy orange ^[13] skins that are biodegradable, locally sourced, cheap, water-resistant and smell like heaven.

 

Spectacles and Other Decor Made From Fish Scale Plastic ^[14]

Royal College of Art ^[15]‘s new graduate Eric de Laurens ^[16] unveiled a series of objects using a smelly technique he developed himself while studying in his final year. Cups, reading glasses, goggles and a fishy table decoration were made using a recycled and innovative material that he calls “fish scale plastic”.

Crafty Vessels Made by Mixing Flour, Agricultural Waste and Limestone ^[17]

Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin from Formafantasma ^[18] have developed a colored collection of vessels by mixing 70% flour, 20% agricultural waste and 10% limestone. Taking a critical approach to design, while reviving old techniques and food-based materials, this is just another exciting and quirky project ^[19] coming from the duo.

 

Chocolate Weapons Melt Into a Political Message ^[8]

BOOM! is a sweet bit of artillery designed by Hector Galvan from studio Omelette ^[20]. Created with the aim of delivering a message for the production of organic, locally-made and high-quality chocolate, instead of importing it, these crafty chocolates bombs are sweet and have a killer message.

Massive Canned Food Sculptures Make a Stir in NYC ^[21]

Using canned food as building blocks, teams of architects, designers and engineers — including Skidmore Owings and Merrill ^[22] to Eleanor Roosvelt High School ^[23] — patiently built twenty six tasty sculptures for an event called Canstruction ^[24] in downtown NYC. From Angry Birds to massive product barcodes, these jaw-dropping sculptures were created to raise the awareness of hunger issues, as well as to collect thousands of cans of food to feed needy New Yorkers.

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[6] photographers: http://inhabitat.com/matthew-cardens-fantastical-food-photographs-pay-tribute-to-the-bounty-we-eat/

[7] orange peels: http://inhabitat.com/israel-based-solskin-studio-creates-biodegradable-objects-from-orange-skins/

[8] chocolate: http://inhabitat.com/boom-a-political-statement-in-the-form-of-chocolate/

[9] food: http://inhabitat.com/jihyun-ryou-charming-art-objects-save-food-from-the-fridge/

[10] Matthew Carden: http://www.350degrees.com/

[11] landscapes: http://inhabitat.com/feast-on-fantastical-food-art-landscapes-for-thanksgiving/

[12] Ori Sonnenschein: http://www.solskindesign.com/

[13] orange: http://inhabitat.com/photos-the-best-green-designs-at-london%E2%80%99s-royal-college-of-art-graduate-show/royal-college-of-art-show-2011-1/

[14] Spectacles and Other Decor Made From Fish Scale Plastic: http://inhabitat.com/fish-feast-student-makes-swimming-goggles-glasses-and-more-out-of-100-fish-scales/

[15] Royal College of Art: http://www.rca.ac.uk/

[16] Eric de Laurens: http://www.erikdelaurens.com/Erik_de_Laurens/Erik_de_Laurens.html

[17] Crafty Vessels Made by Mixing Flour, Agricultural Waste and Limestone: http://inhabitat.com/formafantasma-crafty-vessels-are-made-from-flour-agricultural-waste-and-limestone/

[18] Formafantasma: http://www.formafantasma.com/

[19] quirky project: http://inhabitat.com/formafantasmas-natural-botanica-vessels-look-like-archaeological-artifacts/

[20] Omelette: http://www.omelette.com.mx/

[21] Massive Canned Food Sculptures Make a Stir in NYC: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/photos-canstruction-takes-over-the-world-financial-center-with-sculptures-made-from-canned-goods/

[22] Skidmore Owings and Merrill: http://www.som.com/

[23] Eleanor Roosvelt High School: http://www.erhsnyc.org/

[24] Canstruction: http://www.sdanyc.org/canstruction/

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