About.
Cul.in.aire is a design practice that investigates rituals and communities around food. It translates these into objects (functional or not) that evoke and preserve the emotional dimension through shapes and biomaterials experimentation.
This project aims to explore the food related rituals that unfold within the intimate settings of the family and the community, understood not as traditional structures, but as networks of relationships based on proximity, sharing and a sense of belonging, through experimentation with biomaterials.
The project aims to translate these rituals into representational forms, through the creation and design of objects capable of evoking significant aspects of food and the community dimension.
The project takes a cross-disciplinary approach, linking the three areas - objects, materials and rituals research – linking them together in an evocative dialogue.
Giulia Baldissera
Italian designer based in Brussels.
Trained as an architect at IUAV University in Venice, she combines research on food systems with the design of objects and materials.
Part of the research platform “the Material Way”.
Her practice explores the relationship between food, conviviality, and design through experiments with biomaterials and tableware.