Eating design is a form of design based upon raising awareness to the 'social and cultural implications of food'- it can also be viewed as design activism[1]. It is not to be mistaken with 'food design', which is concerned with the aesthetic styling, packaging and production of food.
Marije Vogelzang is a prominant eating designer from the Netherlands and she was also the first person to use this term to describe her work. She describes her designs by saying, ‘Food is my material, just like wood is the material of a furniture designer’[2].

Philosophy

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There are 8 points that are central to the eating design philosophy and process:

  1. the senses
  2. nature
  3. culture
  4. society
  5. technique
  6. psychology
  7. science
  8. action

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Mentioned in

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The term 'eating design' has also appeared in the book crEATe: Eating, Design and Future Food. Marije Vogelzang is noted in length in this book within the section titled "Food Activists"[5].

References

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  1. ^ www.anneke-bokern.com/pdf/Marije.pdf
  2. ^ www.anneke-bokern.com/pdf/Marije.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.marijevogelzang.nl/www.marijevogelzang.nl/philosophy.html
  4. ^ Marije Vogelzang EAT LOVE Amsterdam: BIS Publishers B.V. 2009 ISBN 10: 9063692005
  5. ^ The Future Laboratory. crEATe: Eating, Design and Future Food. Berlin: Gestalten. 2008 ISBN-10: 3899552318
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