AFL DESIGN

Novembre 11, 2016

PHOTO of the MONTH – The Geometric Shape of Food

Deconstructed and reconstructed food with dimension 2.5 cm created into perfect cubes by the artistic duo Lernert and Sander for the Dutch magazine De Volkskran. Buy the poster here
Gennaio 21, 2017

Minimelanie: The Art of Jewels Truffles and Cakes

Minimelanie is art, design and taste:  where truffles and cakes look like jewels in New York.   If you are in NY it’s a must place for foodie lovers an chocolate addicted. The owner Melanie Moss went to culinary school in New York City and worked in Paris as well and start her own business where Make it Simple and Beautiful is her trade mark. The ingredients are natural sugars and no corn syrup, they are painted by hand and sometimes you think it’s a pity to eat them. They are also providing delivery and catering, and special wedding cake. Minimelanie […]
Febbraio 12, 2017

AFL BOOKS. The Designer’s Cookbook to design and color your dinner.

 Having friends at dinner tonight? What about a delicious dinner in which each course, from appetizer to dessert, is one amazing same color? This is possible thanks to The Designer’s Cookbook: 12 recipes and 12 colors that lead you into color your dinner with no addition of articial color. All is natural and well aranged in four-course meals. Take a look!     The Designer’s Cookbook Tatjana Reimann Caro Mantke Tim Schober Prestel Publishing, Munich and New York, 2014, English  
Febbraio 13, 2017

OBERHOLZ. The Design Restaurant with a stunning view in beautiful Dolomites Mountains

This design restaurant and lounge bar is a sleeping three shaped building with three branches that end facing beautiful snowing Dolomite mountains. This is Oberholz ! It’s all about eco-sustainability and the perfect mix of the Alto Adige landscape and modernity designed by Studio Peter Pichler architecture with architect Pavol Mikolajcak. Vertical wooden ribs take the viewer in the amazing snowy landscape. What are you waiting to get your snowboard or ski and discover this amazing restaurant !? AFL staff is already here ! www.oberholz.com/it/
Gennaio 28, 2019

NEW TREND: Designer Bakery

How cool is to wake up and smell the lovely perfume of bread and croissant that just got out of the oven? That’s our fav type of morning routine since we were kids. Either you move to a flat over a bakery or you follow our special tips to go enjoying this experience with a special add on: amazing architecture design! A feast for the eyes and for all of your sense. Enjoy!   1. Masa, Bogotá WHO: Colombian Architect Benjamín Cadena, founder of Brooklyn and Bogota-based Studio Cadena EAT: Miche Levain – this bread will leave you speechless GO check […]
Marzo 4, 2019

Can DESIGN save the OCEAN ?

“Life below water: for people and planet” This year, for the first time, World Wildlife Day is dedicated to our oceans, with the theme: “Life below water: for people and planet”. Pollution, loss of coastal habitats and climate change has change 40% our planet’s oceans and the species that live within. It does not really get into your life until you’ll find fish on your table with plastic inside their stomach or you see the beautiful exemplar of Tortuga Caretta Caretta dyieng because they ingest to much plastic in Italian Coast in Tirreno sea. PHOTO of what, the Institute of Marine […]
Aprile 1, 2019

Mushroom from Coffee? The Brilliant Idea from Tuscany in a well-designed packaging

Innovative startup: Funghi Espresso. Funghi Espresso is an innovative startup that produces fresh mushrooms in a sustainable and natural way, using coffee grounds from local bars and restaurants in Tuscany, using them as a substrate for cultivation.   These two young italians, Antonio Di Giovanni and Vincenzo Sangiovanni, who founded the startup “Funghi Espresso” tell us how they do it:   “Every day we go with our cargo bike, in the bars of the historic center of Florence and collect the coffee fund produced during the day, at the moment we collect about 70 kg / day of coffee from about 8 […]
Aprile 1, 2019

FLORENCE – Food, Design and Flowers where to satisfy your sense: La Ménagère

  WHAT TO EAT: From Tapas and Cocktails at the Italian Aperitivo Time to excellent gourmet dinner and lunch WHY WE LOVE IT:  The fab story, opened in 1896, as the first housewares shop in Florence, it has become a space where a perfect mix of eating spots meet the coolest design shop of La Ménagère and the beautiful wild flowers corner of Ilaria Minniti from Artemisia. All senses will find enjoyment here, from your olfaction to your eyes to your taste! WHERE IS IT: map   CONTACT LINK lamenagere.it