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Amplified Indulgence
Chocolate goes from luxury treat to design inspiration & material
Implications - Chocolate is one of society's most coveted indulgences and now it's not only limited to edible, sugary treats. Going beyond confectionery goods, designers are using chocolate as inspiration and material to design everything from furniture to fashion, a direction that allows sweet-toothed consumers to indulge in more ways than one.
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Scrumptious Chocolate SculpturesHakan Martensson Creates Confection MasterpiecesPeople have been known to sculpt just about anything out of strange materials, so it shouldn't be surprising that Hakan Martensson's choice is medium chocolate. The only thing surprising about his deliciously… [More] |
Cocoa Couture CatwalksThe Chocolate Fashion Show 2011 is a Sweet-Lover's DreamThere are people who love chocolate and people who love chocolate -- the latter were probably attendees at the 14th annual Chocolate Fashion Show 2011 held this weekend (Nov. 10 to 13) at New York City's… [More] |
Sugary Old-School TunesScottish Band 'Found' Releases Playable Chocolate RecordScottish band 'Found' has created music that's good enough to eat -- literally. The band worked with local baker Ben Milne to produce this featured chocolate record for its single, Anti Climb Paint.
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Chocolate-Covered Sofas'Let Them Sit Cake' is Marie Antoinette-InspiredI wonder what Marie Antoinette would say if she saw Dejana Kabiljo's 'Let Them Sit Cake.' The design is a funny and devilishly creative sofa made for the first annual Beijing Design Week.
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Designer Chocolate SuitesKarl Lagerfeld Uses 10 Tons of Chocolate for This Tasty Hotel RoomFamous Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld has taken a break from designing purses to make his mark on this one-of-a-kind hotel room.
Working with Magnum ice cream, Karl Lagerfeld used 10 tons of Belgian… [More] |
Chocolate Gladiator BikinisBenjamin Brass Designs the Wearable Confection Worn by Cindy FabreForget about Halloween candy or even other people's attempts at creating an authentic gladiator costume, and nstead get a load of Benjamin Brass' incredible chocolate gladiator bikini. Created for the… [More] | |||||||||
