Food-informed furniture is growing in popularity—and pushing material innovation - AN Interior

Food-informed furniture is growing in popularity—and pushing material innovation

Edible Arrangements

By Kelly Pau • Originally published in AN Interior Spring / Summer 2025 (May 2025)

The rising permeability between food and design has forged material innovation, sustainable practices, and even new occupations. Some studios now perform double duty as chefs and designers to create culinary artistry and set design. Increasingly, the design of tablescapes and food-related activations, such as the Family Style exhibition during last year’s NYCxDESIGN or the pop-up restaurant and design activation, VOCLA, at this year’s Milan Design Week. How are designers using food as visual and material inspiration? Below we gathered some creative, edible-looking takes on the trend.

eggshell lighting — (Ali Gulsener)

floor lamp — (Ali Gulsener)

Hatch

Hatch, an eggshell-based floor lamp by Studio Yellowdot, repurposes food waste into parabolic diffusers to create soft, diffused light.

(Henrik Bülow)

Sweet Art

Sweet Art is a bakery-inspired collection from BoConcept in collaboration with Danish designer Charlotte Høncke.

fungi lamp — (Dennis Konoi)

caracara collective — (Dennis Konoi)

Lakki

Lakki by Caracara Collective is a fungi-themed lamp crafted from oak, reishi, turkey tail mycelium, and plywood.

iammi — (Courtesy IAMMI)

toast — (Courtesy IAMMI)

Toast

Toast is a coffee table made from travertine by IAMMI with a look befitting its name.

(Dan Bardica, courtesy the artist and Almine Rech)

Caesar Salad Chandelier

Caesar Salad Chandelier by Chloe Wise may not be made of food, but the crafty use of paint urethane, plexi, and lighting, makes the case for realism.

(Courtesy Tacchini)

Butter Sofa

Butter Sofa by Faye Toogood for Tacchini is aptly modeled after a slab of Cornish butter.

apple sconce — (Jorge Tut)

james cherry — (Jorge Tut)

Apple Sconce

Apple Sconce by James Cherry uses real apples, sliced thinly and placed onto sheets, to create lighting.

sofa with leather — (Courtesy MycoWorks and Ligne Roset)

sofa with mushroom leather — (Courtesy MycoWorks and Ligne Roset)

Kobold Sofa

Kobold Sofa presents the first large-scale furniture integration of Reishi, a mycelium-made biomaterial by MycoWorks, for Ligne Roset.

caju lamp — (Paolo Verzani)

Caju Lamp

Caju Lamp by designer and chef Fernando Aciar in collaboration with Armando Cabral takes the shape of the caju fruit.

tip toe — (Filippo Telaro)

carrot lamp — (Filippo Telaro)

Tip Toe

Tip Toe by Studio Robert Stadler mimics carrots as part of the studio’s work exploring the relation between humans and the natural world, including the exhibition OMG – GMO.

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