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Graft Tableware: Biodegradable Utensils that Look Like VegetablesAugust 6

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Graft Tableware: Biodegradable Utensils that Look Like Vegetables vegetables plants fruit food dining biodegradable

Graft Tableware: Biodegradable Utensils that Look Like Vegetables vegetables plants fruit food dining biodegradable

Graft Tableware: Biodegradable Utensils that Look Like Vegetables vegetables plants fruit food dining biodegradable

For her diploma project at the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne in Switzerland, product designer Qiyun Deng created a beautiful set of utensils and and serving bowls made from bioplastic PLA, a material most often derived from vegetable fats, oils, or starches. Titled Graft, the delicately crafted design of each piece serves as a reminder of the biodegradable materials used to create them: a celery stem becomes a handle for a fork, a stalk of fennel becomes a knife, a slender carrot a spoon.

While Graft is just a concept at this point, I imagine these could sell extraordinarily well given the right price. But could you actually bring yourself to toss such a beautifully designed object in the compost bin? Learn more over on Deng’s website. (via THEmag)

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A Colorful Winter: Organized Fruits and Vegetables Photographed by Florent TanetJanuary 23

A Colorful Winter: Organized Fruits and Vegetables Photographed by Florent Tanet vegetables fruit food

A Colorful Winter: Organized Fruits and Vegetables Photographed by Florent Tanet vegetables fruit food

A Colorful Winter: Organized Fruits and Vegetables Photographed by Florent Tanet vegetables fruit food

A Colorful Winter: Organized Fruits and Vegetables Photographed by Florent Tanet vegetables fruit food

A Colorful Winter: Organized Fruits and Vegetables Photographed by Florent Tanet vegetables fruit food

A Colorful Winter: Organized Fruits and Vegetables Photographed by Florent Tanet vegetables fruit food

A Colorful Winter: Organized Fruits and Vegetables Photographed by Florent Tanet vegetables fruit food

A Colorful Winter: Organized Fruits and Vegetables Photographed by Florent Tanet vegetables fruit food

A Colorful Winter: Organized Fruits and Vegetables Photographed by Florent Tanet vegetables fruit food

A Colorful Winter: Organized Fruits and Vegetables Photographed by Florent Tanet vegetables fruit food

A Colorful Winter is a new series of works by photographer Florent Tanet currently on display at the famous Le Bon Marché department store in Paris through February 16th. The clever arrangements of common fruits and vegetables against pastel backdrops play with color, scale, and shape creating whimsical still lifes meant to act as a reprieve from a dreary winter. If you liked this also check out the work of Sarah Illenberger or Sakir Gökçebag. Also don’t miss Carl and Evelina’s Homage to Calder. You can see much more Tanet’s work on his website. (via ignant)

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The Geometric Food Art of Sakir GökçebagOctober 24

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The Geometric Food Art of Sakir Gökçebag vegetables geometric fruit food

The Geometric Food Art of Sakir Gökçebag vegetables geometric fruit food

The Geometric Food Art of Sakir Gökçebag vegetables geometric fruit food

The Geometric Food Art of Sakir Gökçebag vegetables geometric fruit food

The Geometric Food Art of Sakir Gökçebag vegetables geometric fruit food

The Geometric Food Art of Sakir Gökçebag vegetables geometric fruit food

The Geometric Food Art of Sakir Gökçebag vegetables geometric fruit food

The Geometric Food Art of Sakir Gökçebag vegetables geometric fruit food

And I have trouble cutting a sandwich on a perfect diagonal for my son. From watermelons to green beans and apples to pomegranates, Turkish photographer Sakir Gökçebag slices common fruits and veggies to create striking geometric arrangements. To clarify: the photos you see here haven’t been digitally manipulated but are instead the result of meticulously precise cutting worthy of a surgeon. If you want to see more I strongly urge you to check out the installations and photography projects on his website. (via designboom)

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Amazing Animations of Fruit and Vegetable MRIsOctober 4

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Corn

Amazing Animations of Fruit and Vegetable MRIs vegetables plants gifs food
Corn

Amazing Animations of Fruit and Vegetable MRIs vegetables plants gifs food
Broccoli

Amazing Animations of Fruit and Vegetable MRIs vegetables plants gifs food
Broccoli

Amazing Animations of Fruit and Vegetable MRIs vegetables plants gifs food
Garlic

Amazing Animations of Fruit and Vegetable MRIs vegetables plants gifs food
Starfruit

Andy Ellison works at the BU medical school in Boston where he frequently works with a research-only MRI scanner. Over the past few months he’s been sharing some fantastic animated gifs of his calibration and quality control scans using assorted fruits, vegetables and other plants. As you can see the results are absolutely mesmerizing and I urge you to check out his blog, Inside Insides, for many more scans and hi-res images. Thanks to Ellison for exporting some slightly larger images for this post, sorry for the extra load! (via quipsologies)

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Dentsu vending machine grows 20,000 heads of lettuce a yearNovember 2

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Dentsu vending machine grows 20,000 heads of lettuce a year vegetables technology natural gardening food

Did the apocalypse ruin your crops this year? We’ve got you covered. Made in Japan by Dentsu the portable Chef’s Farm can harvest up to 60 heads of lettuce daily without a bit of sunlight. The idea is to provide locally-sourced vegetables to restaurants without the need for transportation. One thing remains unclear: how much water, electricity, and nutrients must be continually pumped into this $90,000 garden to produce such massive quantities of tasty tasty vegetation. Regardless, a pretty brilliant concept. (via treehugger)

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