FoodNests in Gwangju Design Biennale 2011
Diane Bisson’s Food Nests were featured in the Gwangju Design Biennale from September through the end of October in Gwangju, South Korea. The 4th edition of the Design Biennale had more than 800,000 visitors, and the Food Nest samples are also featured in the 2-volume catalog published by the Biennale event.
FoodNest Project Video
Diane Bisson and Vito Gionatan Lassandro discuss the FoodNest project. This video was shown at Appartamento Lago during the entire week of the Salone del Mobile 2011 in Milan.
Edible Food Nests
Premiering in Milan on April 13 at the Salone del Mobile 2011, this project is a collaboration between Diane Bisson and Vito Gionatan Lassandro. “Food Nests” is an exploration into edible container forms that use the tomato as principal food material in different forms – crunchy, soft, jelly-like and a range of tastes. © 2010...
Taste No Waste :
Milan & Salone del Mobile 2011
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...
World Cookbook Awards Win!
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...
Translucent Edible Bowls
First presented at the SAT (Société des Arts Technologiques) Regard9 event in May 2010, these translucent bowls are made (moulded) using food grade silicone moulds and a variety of fruit and vegetable ingredients. Each bowl can contain hot or cold liquids as well as any solid food, and colors and flavor profiles have been designed...
Alcuin Society
Book Design Award!
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 Material Samples
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...
Book Launch!
Edible : Food as Material
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...
Container 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...