There are foods that are nothing without the other, like peanut butter & jelly, spaghetti & meatballs, coffee & donuts. Now combine those dynamic duos with font’s counterpart, the ampersand aka ‘&’, in a brilliant series by illustrator and graphic designer, Dan Beckemeyer. In Ampersand Food Groups: Typography Illustrations, Beckemeyer creates digital illustrations of the almighty ampersand made out [...]
Ever wondered what it would be like to eat a scone off Dr. Spock’s face? Yeah, me neither, but now you can find out…kind of. Beat Up Creations‘ “Altered Antique Plates” take classic decorative plates and use a transfer and heat technique to seal an iconic pop culture image onto them. They take “orphaned and unloved” [...]
Ok so I have to agree that eating any of these 50 items would make me feel terribly gross and gain a couple 10 pounds, but man….they all (but a few) look so delishhhh! Here are some of the delishness items that will probably clog your arteries, but make you very happy while eating. In [...]
When you think Mexico you don’t think French Macaroon. Duh. Located in San Pedro, Latin America’s most affluent suburb, Theurel & Thomas is the first pâtisserie in Mexico specialized in the macaroon, the beautifully delicate and popular French pastry. To feel like you’re walking into a patisserie in the middle of Mexico, design studio Anagrama has [...]
Three Blind Ants is a design team that has come up with a way to make outdoor picnics hip. Although, I didn’t realize eating outside needed to get any more awesome. Three Blind Ants has created the Boxsal, a pretty, fun, picnic in a box. Each locally produced Boxsal comes in a different design – [...]
Have you noticed your favorite atomic mushroom-cloud beverage missing from Whole Foods shelves lately? Kombucha tea, the uber-cure-all-drink favored by everyone from the Ancient Chinese who allegedly invented it to the crunchy granolas who recently popularized it to the health foodies, hipsters, and Lindsey Lohan who now consume it en masse, actually contains more alcohol [...]
Don’t you hate stepping in gum or let alone seeing the ground covered in gross bacteria filled chewed gum? Well so does Anna Bullus, she has invented the worlds first process that transforms people’s used nasty gum into plastic called BRGP (Bullus Recycled Gum Plastic) that can be used for injection and blow molding. Using [...]
This plate was created by product designer Rui Pereira with Hafsteinn Juliusson for HAF, in collaboration with Joana Pais. Each plate is designed for people with different dietary needs, or wants. On the back of each place is a guide to explain what you are eating more of. Pretty clever! So far I haven’t seen [...]
Here’s something to Spike (Lee) your drink with. In collaboration with legendary director and Brooklyn-ite Spike Lee, Absolut has concocted a limited edition flavored vodka with unique packaging to create Absolut Brooklyn. Adding the famous Spike Lee glasses and baseball cap to the Lars Olsson Smith (aka The King of Vodka) seal, and a line from Lemon Andersen’s spoken [...]
