New TAPAS Exhibit Shows US Food For Thought

Two of my favourite things – design (even better, Spanish design) and gastronomy have come together to offer a feast for the senses.

Introducing TAPAS. Spanish Design for Food, on now until August 10 at Toronto’s Design Exchange (DX).

Exploring the fusion of Spanish design and gastronomy through product, art, photography and video, this ingeniously simple exhibit shows typical, traditional objects and their contemporary reinterpretations. It’s the things we encounter everyday, but better – in a way we didn’t even think to look at them.

The purpose of this exhibition is to illustrate how design and food have always been interrelated, and I can’t agree more being a self-proclaimed foodie myself! It includes design, tradition, cuisine, science, the latest trends, art, and innovation and how all have contributed to establishing food habits.

But it was how fruit, for example, took a functional perspective and the way that the pieces invoked a “aha” moment in me that made me fall in love with each piece. Simple and raw, yet totally inspiring!

Divided into three sections:

· The Kitchen highlights instruments that help transform the chef’s environment
· The Table includes domestic objects created to serve and savour food on formal and informal occasions
· The Menu focuses on the design of food itself, from the more traditional to the more innovative avant-garde creations

From such top-notch designers as Patricia Urquiola, Hector Sérrano and Estudio Mariscal, the exhibit includes 150+ accessories, utensils and furnishings – all on display from the curator and Spanish designer, architect and author Juli Capella.

Has this made you hungry?

Lisa Raffaele

I'm Lisa, a real born and bred Torontonian in every sense of the word. I'm a PR practitioner by day with a fabulous client list, at a very cool boutique firm in the core with a view of the city that can make anyone want to move here. I have a mild to moderate hat obsession, and you’ll usually find me searching the city for the next big chef, and rarely without a fashion or décor magazine in my purse. Before PR, I was a travel writer/editor/photographer, and spent most of my time travelling the world and bringing my stories back here. The rest of the time I spent indulging in the city's untapped culinary scene as Post City Magazine's main restaurant photographer. But, no matter where I am in the world, nothing beats coming home. That's why I've spent the last few years planting my roots here, moving from Toronto’s uber-chic west side to the heart of Greek Town in a modern Victorian semi (a.ka. my lifelong décor project), with my husband and super-stylish son. Yes, I'm one of those moms, the one who won't give up her sense of style post-baby bump; and why should I?! I aspire to have my cake and eat it too - I am Italian after all. And, now why my 2-year-old in tow, I can bring him along for the ride.

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