Designing for Mediocrity


Here we are cooking only with love
December 7, 2008, 5:17 pm
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As part of an art project, students at the university of applied arts in Vienna, researched the life and the eating habits of 20 families, inhabitants of the settlement building “Am Schöpfwork” in Vienna. – “Hier wird nur mit Liebe gekocht!”

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“Our first visits in the housing development -Am Schöpfwerk- . Winter. A view on grey housing facades and satellite dishes. Cold weather and apparent lifelessness. Still not knowing what richness of cultures and stories lies behind the front…”

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Brunch for Common People
November 10, 2008, 6:25 pm
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Ingredients (from left to right): Lemonade, sparkling water, energy drinks, pickled cabbage, pickled beetroot, butter cheese, sausage, canned gulash, cream cheese, instant coffee, plum jam, long-life milk, sponge cake, butter cake, biscuits

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A typical shopping cart full of sugar, coffein, white bread, meat & conservation.

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Familiar for generations the box of sugar cubes; simple & timeless (Wiener Zucker – Vienna)