Diane Bisson will be exhibiting brand new work during the Salone del Mobile 2011 at the Appartamento Lago in collaboration with Vito Gionatan Lessandro, president of Fooda Milan. On display will be a series of “food nests“, designed to hold small or large amounts of complimentary foods, and invite the user to do away with...
After several rounds of judging and a record number of submissions from around the globe, Edible has won one of the most prestigious food book design prizes possible! Recipient of the prize for “Best Cookbook Design in the World for Professionals”, Edible takes fourth place worldwide among the more than 8,000 submissions of books on...
Edible : Food as material has won a bronze in the 2010 Alcuin excellence in book design awards, in the “Prose, Non-fiction, illustrated” category. The Alcuin Society, which began in 1981, is the only national book design competition in Canada. Winning books are contributed to permanent collections in Canada, the UK, Germany and Japan. This...
Edible proposes introducing food into the array of materials used for the fabrication of commercial products. Gastronomy and material science come together here in an exploration of the possible means of shaping food. This field of research is supported by a vision resolutely linked with sustainable development and explores the concept of the edible plate...
Diane Bisson presents a colourful and textured reflection on cooking and our dietary habits. In face of the proliferation of disposable containers and over-packaging, the author invites us to take up the challenge of transforming food into genuine design material. Flatware made of quinoa, plates for desert, biscuit drinking straws, 100% edible lunches: such are...
In 2003, the Toronto Design Exchange invited five designers and architects to contribute work to the Japanese exhibition it hosted: RE DESIGN: Daily products for the 21st century. Commissioned by graphic designer Kenya Hara, the exhibition stirs some reflection on the functionality and aesthetics of everyday objects. Diane Bisson introduces a series of 5 prototypes...
In 2003, the Toronto Design Exchange invited five designers and architects to contribute work to the Japanese exhibition it hosted: RE DESIGN: Daily products for the 21st century. Commissioned by graphic designer Kenya Hara, the exhibition stirs some reflection on the functionality and aesthetics of everyday objects. Diane Bisson introduces a series of 5 prototypes...
