Designist Dream

Not sure how I missed this but international industrial design authority Designboom recently announced the winners of their Dining in 2015 competition which was sponsored by MACEF Milano. The challenge was to design cutlery, tableware, kitchen gadgets, cooking utensils or accessories, or general eating-related items for the future. In other words, design a product that reflects your idea of what food, eating, dining, hosting, serving, cooking, ordering in, taking out or just staring at your frigerator will be like in the year 2015.

And it turns out that like Israeli designers have a great - or should we say prophetic - outlook for the future of food because many of the finalists - including the 1st prize for Fragile salt and pepper shakers (below) - were by Israeli designers. My favorites are listed below, but check out the website for all the cool and futuristic distinguished designs from Israel and around the world.

Fragile
Salt and pepper shaker that you break apart by Mey Kahn and Boaz Kahn. Instead of destroying the work, the act of breaking it renders it usable thereby radically altering the user’s experience with the object.
1st prize

Fashion Victims
Mugs by Israeli designer Yael Kristal. Your morning coffee is victimized by the pervasiveness of fashion trends.

Turkish Coffee Set
Complete with burner, mugs, serving dishes and pitcher by Israeli designer Esli Alovi. Blending traditional practices within a modern design and commercial “kit”.

Eco Way
Ecological takeaway packaging using banana leaves by Israeli designer Tal Marco that keeps your food naturally fresh by using their natural waxy, durable and flexible traits.