6 Awe-Inspiring Designs Made From Food!

Food doesn't just delight in delicious snacks and meals -- there are a whole crop of designers, artists and <a href="http://inhabitat.com/matthew-cardens-fantastical-food-photographs-pay-tribute-to-the-bounty-we-eat/">photographers</a> 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 <a href="http://inhabitat.com/israel-based-solskin-studio-creates-biodegradable-objects-from-orange-skins/">orange peels</a> to <a href="http://inhabitat.com/boom-a-political-statement-in-the-form-of-chocolate/">chocolate</a>, check out these 6 wacky yet sustainable examples of how people are playing with <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://inhabitat.com/jihyun-ryou-charming-art-objects-save-food-from-the-fridge/" target="_blank">food</a> -- and creating something awesome while at it!

Photographer <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://www.350degrees.com/" target="_blank">Matthew Carden</a> creates fantastic miniature <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://inhabitat.com/feast-on-fantastical-food-art-landscapes-for-thanksgiving/" target="_blank">landscapes</a> 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.

Israel-based <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://www.solskindesign.com/" target="_blank">Ori Sonnenschein</a> loves experimenting with food waste and everyday objects. His latest adventure is ‘Solskin Peels’, a collection of objects made from tangy <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="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/" target="_blank">orange</a> skins that are biodegradable, locally sourced, cheap, water-resistant and smell like heaven.

<a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://www.rca.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Royal College of Art</a>'s new graduate <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://www.erikdelaurens.com/Erik_de_Laurens/Erik_de_Laurens.html" target="_blank">Eric de Laurens</a> 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".

Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin from <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://www.formafantasma.com/" target="_blank">Formafantasma</a> 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 <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://inhabitat.com/formafantasmas-natural-botanica-vessels-look-like-archaeological-artifacts/" target="_blank">quirky project</a> coming from the duo.

BOOM! is a sweet bit of artillery designed by Hector Galvan from studio <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://www.omelette.com.mx/" target="_blank">Omelette</a>. 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.

Using canned food as building blocks, teams of architects, designers and engineers -- including <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://www.som.com/" target="_blank">Skidmore Owings and Merrill</a> to <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://www.erhsnyc.org/" target="_blank">Eleanor Roosvelt High School</a> -- patiently built twenty six tasty sculptures for an event called <a title="6 Awe-Inspiring Designs That Make the Best Out of Food" href="http://www.sdanyc.org/canstruction/" target="_blank">Canstruction</a> 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.