Food Pieces

Food Security

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:26:19 +0200

Meeting the challenges of the change.

Related to Susette’s Wrong Campaign, isn’t...

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:23:45 +0100

Related to Susette’s Wrong Campaign, isn’t it?

Ministry of Stories & Hoxton Street Monster Supplies

“The Ministry follows the model of the 826 centres: a writing centre where kids aged 8-18 can get one-to-one tuition with professional writers and other volunteers; with the centres being housed behind fantastical shop fronts designed to fire the kids’ imaginations (and generate income for the writing centres).”

I’m going to try and volunteer for this

via www.wemadethis.co.uk

Ministry Of Stories

Food Assistance

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:47:13 +0100

http://www.good.is/post/transparency-the-growth-of-food-stamps/

“While some economists are declaring the recession over, and although the stock market continues to rise, those on the bottom of the economic ladder are seeing fewer improvements to their day-to-day lives. The number of Americans who receive assistance from the government in the form of food stamps continues to rise-the total number of food stamp recipients is now up to more than 10 percent of the total population. Here is how many people have been using food stamps for the nine months from September, 2008, to last May.”

Food Rules. An Eater's Manual

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:23:58 +0100

Yes, there are trailers for books now, too:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m26TFN2471LIO/ref=ent_fb_link

Dead But Not Wasted

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:02:00 +0100

Roadkill meets gourmet cuisine in this wicked campaign by Susette.

Dead But Not Wasted does several things: It refers to our growing numbness and disability to empathize or even be shocked by certain conditions. At the same time it addresses our ignorance to what we eat. It shows how we want to be deceived - not to question further than the label or the price tag. And it opens up the possibility of a rare, new food source - who knows maybe it is even tasty and somewhat nutritious.. at least no animals were harmed in the process…

Paradise gained, paradise lost

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:29:00 +0100

Imagine there was a pill that would feed all of us..

No more grocery shopping distress.

No one would have to work to get nutrition.

Would the introduction of the pill mean the end to economic crisis?

The answer to saving energy?

We would all stay slim and would have more time to exercise.

Would we all look the same, too?

Imagine a world where there was a pill and no more food… what reasons would we have to gather for a romantic picnic? What would we do with all the hours and energy and resources spend in the production, preparing, consumption and celebration of food..

Looking through Coca Cola

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:53:00 +0100

Dustin was unsettled by a documentary he had seen on the scenes behind the scenes of this mega enterprise. In faithful détournement manner he approached CC’s wrong side and appropriated its style and visual language to almost innocently tell another truth..

Why always so healthy..

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:40:00 +0100

Let’s admit it there is also the right time for the wrong food. Francesca thoroughly scouted Berlin for junk pearls and created this map for the after hours.

“FOOD JUNKYARD IS AN ILLUSTRATED MAP OF THE MOST TASTY URBAN HOTSPOTS TO FILL YOUR BELLY. FROM YOUR UNSTOPPABLE SWEET TOOTH TO THOSE LATE NIGHT CRAVINGS.

THE MAP HIGHLIGHTS LOCATIONS TO EAT WHERE THE PORTIONS ARE BIG, A FAIR PRICE AND AN INTERESTING ATMOSHPHERE.”

Transdesign

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:49:00 +0200

Just found again a few student projects from the MFA Interdisciplinary Design at Parsons The New School in NYC… {http://transdesign.parsons.edu/}

Food Fights. Infrastructures of Power.

by Aaron Cansler & Benjamin Winter

“Our group was formed with the intention of exploring the roles of various institutional structures in their relationship to food production, distribution, and consumption. [….]”

http://transdesign.parsons.edu/?p=2195

Exploring Networks of Health

by Minuette Le

http://transdesign.parsons.edu/?p=2136

Food Systems Research Synopsis

by Bland Hoke

“Food Systems are complex, interconnected and widespread networks of individuals, organizations, and consumables. In researching the urban food ecosystem in Hunts Point, the Food Systems group sought to understand three segments of the system including: the influences public and private organizations have on food distribution; large aid organizations’ influence on the distribution of food to low income populations, and the infrastructures of food. The team used methods that included literary research, fieldwork, interviews, and observations.”

http://transdesign.parsons.edu/?p=2113

The City Atlas

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:08:56 +0200

via Shryia and Adriana: http://newyork.thecityatlas.org/

There are some nice food projects, too.

Mad World Mad Solutions

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:18:33 +0200

“Vegetables will come from rooftop gardens and community plots; fish will feed off plankton in our kitchen tanks; ants, worms and grasshoppers will flavour breads; urban beehives will supply our honey; soil will be an ingredient; and meat will be a rare treat.”

At Copenhagen’s inaugural Mad FoodCamp, international food professionals define lurking food problems and cook up some solutions..

The challenge is..

“In a world of about 7 billion people, food security is a big challenge - and it’s about to get bigger. Already, nearly a billion people suffer from chronic hunger. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation, the population will rise to 9 billion by 2050. In order to feed everyone, food production needs to increase by 70 per cent. Annual cereal production needs to rise by a third to about 3 billion tonnes and annual meat production by more than 200 million tonnes to 470 million tonnes.”

Adrian, this might be interesting for you:

“Last year, the US Science journal delved into insect-eating, saying ”the quest for food security may require us all to reconsider our eating habits, particularly in view of the energy consumption and environmental costs that sustain those habits”.”

Susette, check this out:

”With urban gardens, we can produce 50 tonnes of food per hectare sustainably in cities,” Thomas Harttung (farmer + activist) says. ”New York City alone has the potential to create over 3 million tonnes of food each year using rooftops, parks, and private yards.”

“Our cities also have the potential to become major suppliers of honey, says the executive director of the European Environment Agency, Jacqueline McGlade.”

More? Sure!

Announcement: Floating Food

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:34:00 +0200

at the HKW in Berlin.

“Water and food are elementary necessities for humanity. So where should we even begin to understand these things that meander through all areas of our physical and psychological lives? It has always been my artistic principle to adapt myself to these things, and to join the flow of their nature and their primordial conditions.“

To read more visit: http://www.hkw.de

Picnic Manuals available now!

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:19:56 +0200

We just launched our collection of Picnic-As-Tools manuals.

Have a look and be inspired - Bon Appetit!

FOOD by Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:38:52 +0200

Amazing project by an amazing artist!

You can watch the documentary about FOOD on ubuweb.

About the Documentary:

“This film documents the legendary SoHo restaurant and artists’ cooperative Food, which opened in 1971. Owned and operated by Caroline Goodden, Food was designed and built largely by Matta-Clark, who also organized art events and performances there. As a social space, meeting ground and ongoing art project for the emergent downtown artists’ community, Food was a landmark that still resonates in the history and mythology of SoHo in the 1970s. “

Save the Date

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:08:00 +0200

for Restaurant Day!

RESTAURANT DAY 21.8.2011
The Restaurant Day is a one-day carnival celebrating restaurant and food culture.

The first Restaurant Day was organized 21 May 2011. The next Restaurant Day will be 21 August 2011. Join the fun!On Restaurant Day we will arrange pop-up restaurants, cafés and bars without permission. All because we love food culture. One of the establishments can be yours.

This is how you become “a restaurant owner” or restauranteur:
Choose the location. It can be practically anywhere: at your home or office, at a park, a beach etc. It’s Restaurant Day, you can choose! Share your restaurant’s details in the form below and you’re good to go. If you have any questions regarding making your own restaurant contact Antti Tuomola (contact details below). All enrolled restaurants will be published in a shared guide map.

Have a wonderful Restaurant Day!

For more tasty information: http://www.restaurantday.org/

Warum wir es auf der Straße tun

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:03:00 +0200

http://prinzessinnengarten.net/

Agriculture in the city

“Nomadisch Grün (Nomadic Green) launched Prinzessinnengärten(Princess gardens) as a pilot project in the summer of 2009 at Moritzplatz in Berlin Kreuzberg, a site which had been a wasteland for over half a century. Along with friends, fans, activists and neighbours, the group cleared away rubbish, built transportable organic vegetable plots and reaped the first fruits of their labour.”

Open Structures

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:57:12 +0200

“The OS (OpenStructures) project explores the possibility of a modular construction model where everyone designs for everyone on the basis of one shared geometrical grid. It initiates a kind of collaborative Meccano to which everybody can contribute parts, components and structures.”

It opens up a collaborative and innovative playground for great design solutions..

Visit openstructures.net to understand how it works.

Papier Frites is

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:47:00 +0200

“a zine to unfold and hang up. Every issue contains a vegetarian recipe to cook and (at least) one song to listen to. And that’s how it comes up:

> There is a musician (at least one) who choses an ingredient
> I think about a recipe
> We meet, I cook, musician has to be present but doesn’t cook
> We eat
> And after that musician makes a song, or more than one (inspired by the food, its preparation and the whole situation)
> I illustrate and print (silkprint) the recipe without any text, if understandable.”

PAPIER FRITES is beautiful.

So are also the other illustrations and projects by this young Berlin based artist: Kira Kohnen.

Making art from waste: Phoenix Public Art

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:37:47 +0200

Für die Teammitglieder, die sich für die abfällige Seite unserer Nahrungskette interessieren..

meredithdf:

Courtesy of Adriana Young, the one and only:

http://places.designobserver.com/feature/the-art-of-solid-waste/13258/

A comprehensive photo essay of the small parts that make up masses of municipal waste.

irishboyinlondon: Brooklyn Receives First DOT Sanctioned...

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:34:58 +0200

irishboyinlondon:

Brooklyn Receives First DOT Sanctioned “Pop-Up” Cafe

Photo: Pattern Cities

I love this! New Yorks DOT has enhanced the liveablity of local neighbourhoods by reclaiming parking space and creating an inexpensive opportunity for people to stop and participate in their city. These pop-up spaces also create a facility that has the potential to enhance the economic position of local businesses.

Not to be outdone, NYC took the cue and has since added their own “pop-up” cafes, which are typically placed in front of restaurants where sidewalk widths preclude outdoor sidewalk seating. While the seats are open to restaurant patrons and non-patrons alike, intelligent business owners surely see the benefit to making space for people to linger in front of their establishments. Since last fall, several pop-up cafes have been built in Manhattan, adding much needed places to sit and enjoy the City’s wonderful street life.