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Abstract Agrarian Platters

The Land Cheese Tray Mimics the Countryside that Yielded its Contents

— November 7, 2011 — Art & Design
Consumerist society has lost touch with the sources of the items it acquires, but playful pieces like this delightful Land Cheese Tray remind dairy lovers of where their creamy camembert has come from.

For a Parisian exhibition entitled "Design sur un plateau," the Milk Factory asked 5.5 Designers to create the cute culinary accessory. The imaginative team took up the task and explored a more symbolic approach to the hors-d'oeuvre dish's aesthetic, opting for an object that emulated the look of patchwork pastures.

The same fragmented agricultural landscape that you might see from an airplane window or a hilltop villa is produced in the form geometric shapes coated in varying green pigments. The perforated boxes that make up the Land Cheese Tray also act as containers for the storage of crackers, dips and assorted dairy delights.
Trend Themes
1. Playful Aesthetics - Opportunity for creating culinary accessories that have a symbolic and playful design aesthetic.
2. Emphasizing Origins - Opportunity to create products that remind consumers of the sources of the items they acquire.
3. Geometric Coated Accessories - Opportunity to design and produce storage containers or trays with geometric shapes coated in various colors.
Industry Implications
1. Culinary Accessories - Opportunity for culinary accessory brands to create unique and symbolic designs for their products.
2. Food Packaging - Opportunity for food packaging companies to explore the use of geometric shapes and colorful coatings for storage containers.
3. Farm-to-table Products - Opportunity to develop farm-to-table products that emphasize the origins of ingredients and promote sustainable farming practices.
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