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Arabeschi di Latte: Food remix / a post production lab, Boffi showroom, London Design Festival 2013
The child of Francesca Sarti, the all-female group is based between Milan, London, Florence and Rome. Arabeschi di Latte is evidence of what happens when an architect puts their education into something other than building – Sarti studied architecture before deciding that food would be “the perfect tool to create architecture without construction”. Her dissertation on food kiosks prompted the collective’s DIY approach: “The kiosk is an ancient structure serving street food, which becomes an example of micro-architecture with great add-on potential. It acts as an urban meeting place. With our projects we activate and read spaces through food,” she writes.
“We try to emphasize the specificity of each space and its context.
For example we recently made a dinner for the anniversary of an Italian brand that produces hardware tools. The dinner, served along a designed work bench, took inspiration from the factory space itself, with its long corridors, high ceilings and industrial machinery.
Text by Hannah Gregory
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