Don't Know What To Make For Dinner? Daily Menu Dishes Will Decide For You.

The Kahla Daily Menu Plates project by  5.5 Design Studio is a collection of biomorphic dishes designed to fit specific meals for each day of the week. The plates function as meal suggestions when one suffers from a lack of inspiration.

"Daily Menu"

Sunday: pork loins / cauliflower




Monday: chicken / fries




Tuesday: chops / peas




Wednesday: Sausage / puree




Thursday: hamburger / green beans




Friday: Breaded fish / Rice




Saturday: Ham / shells



All images courtesy of 5.5 Designers

These plates are not for sale.

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The Work of Jedediah Morfit Is Flat, Fabulous and Fanfriggingtastic.

Artist Jedediah (Jed) Morfit is a professor of sculpture at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

above: the artist with one of his many interesting plates

Morfit's white, bas-relief technique is modeled after ancient ceramic friezes, but his parts are made of urethane plastic and full of contemporary symbolism. From framed reliefs to dinner plates, his work is unusual, compelling and demands a nice long look.

"You Wish", 2012, Urethane Plastic, paint, wood, nails, 72 x 44 x 3.5 inches




"Toil", 2012, Urethane Plastic, paint, wood, nails, 72 x 44 x 3.5 inches



"The Price Of Doing Business (Second State)" 2010, Urethane plastic, paint, nails, wood, 72 x 48 x 5"




"Paved With Good Intentions" 2011, Urethane plastic, paint, nails, wood, 61 x 42 x 5"




"Tell Me Again How This Is My Fault" 2011, Urethane plastic, paint, nails, wood, 37 x 37 x 5"


"Ad Infinitum", 2011, Urethane plastic, paint, nails, wood, 37 x 37 x 5"


"New Temptations (Studio Installation)", 2008, Plaster plates, Dimensions variable


Out Of The Frying Pan (Hi-Contrast Re-Mix) #1- #7, 2013, Plaster, Enamel 11" Diameter







From On High plates #1-17 , 2013, Plaster, Enamel, 11" Diameter





During a visit to the Collingswood, NJ studio of sculptor Jedediah Morfit, Morfit demonstrates his casting technique, and describes the medieval and post-apocalyptic imagery of his work in the video below. Produced by Susan Wallner:


The video above is courtesy of State of The Arts

See more of his work at his site: Jedediah Morfit

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Food Art So Impressive, You'll Feel Full. The Art Toast Project by Ida Skivenes (IdaFrosk).

above: Frida Kahlo's famous self-portrait created with food on toast

Oslo, Norway based Instagram food artist and enthusiast Ida Skivenes (aka IdaFrosk) uses a dinner plate as a canvas to create original and reproductions of classic art with food. Her Art Toast Project features the classic works of masters from Magritte to Munch recreated on, you guessed it, toast.



The Art Toast Project:

Jan Vermeer:


René Magritte:


Henri Matisse:


Vincent Van Gogh:


Edgar Degas:


Man Ray:


Salvador Dali:


Pablo Picasso:


Edvard Munch:


Gustav Klimt:


Claude Monet:


Jackson Pollock:


Mark Rothko:


Andrew Wyeth:


Piet Mondrian:


Ida also recreated several other pieces of fellow Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's work:

Young Girl On The Shore:

Madonna:

Girls On A Jetty:

The Fairytale Forest:

Snow Falling In The Lane:


And, although not on toast, she recently created these fabulous interpretations of Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night....:


...and Cezanne's Table:


In addition to these edible masterpieces, she creates adorable imagery ranging from pop culture to cute critters with everything from peanut butter and jelly to creamed cheeses and fruit. There are so many and they are so good, they require a post of their own.

The adorable, talented and hungry Ida Skivenes (IdaFrosk):


Ida has also published a book in both English and Norwegian ,Eat Your Art Out: Playful Breakfasts , featuring her playful food art.


all images courtesy of her instagram feed

IdaFrosk

Follow her at instagram.com/idafrosk
You can even buy prints of some of her food art here 

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