the future of the eating experience./
FUTURISTIC DESIGN
DESIGN THROUGH FINE ARTS
2014
Cyprus//University of Cyprus
Tutor: Philippos Zannettos
Individual project
2113, the overpopulation of the earth, subsequently, the increasing need for food, led the human to the need of finding alternative ways to fulfil the needs of the human body. One of their only options of receiving protein is eating insects, since meat is now a luxury product.
The above led to an era where eating is just an act of completing the needs of our body and nothing more. This project aims to bring back both the experience and the social meaning of eating, by the creation of individual pods. A natural liquid is produced in fields around the city and is being supplied by underground tubes. This liquid contains all the nutrients required for the human body to exist healthily. Once the liquid is transferred to residences or public spaces, is stored in the “tables”. The eating pods can be plugged not only in the roofs of the buildings but also to the tables in order to be supplied with the liquid. In most of the cultures, a dinner has three main stages.
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Those stages can be followed by the user once he enters the eating pod. STAGE 1/THE DRINK: Once the pod is still open the user can socialise with the users in the other pods while having a drinkSTAGE 2/EATING: The user chooses the type of dinner plus the place he/she wants to be virtually transferred to(and interact with other users). The pod the produces the “eating experience”.STAGE3/ THE COFFEE: After experiencing food, the pod opens again the user can have a coffee with the rest of the users.
