Just as the world of home décor was awestruck with plans of commercializing "cook-able" furniture, a new type of edible furniture has made its way into the world of interior decoration.
The new collection of furniture easily reminds one of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" as one of the sofas is made of white chocolate and a small table formed of hard boiled orange candy! The essential idea of the concept is to build furniture that will help in times of crisis. Apparently, when you don't have enough money to buy food, you could just eat your furniture.
Built by design firm, Lanzavecchia + Wai, the furniture has been made using various food types to build shapes around a basic black iron version. The collection includes a coffee table, a chocolate chair, a grains sofa and a Hardtack table.
According to Dezeen:
"The domestic landscape reflects our culture, our taste and our habits. The objects that populate it absorb the atmosphere that pervades the space through their physicality, functionality and identity.
In four conceptual objects, Lanzavecchia + Wai repurpose basic nutrients, carbohydrates, proteins, sugar and chocolate as food reserves which at the same time complement and finish the objects by covering elemental metal structures.
Piece by piece the object is eroded, exposing a soul, the core-function, which will remain over time. This will encourage us to re-think what basic necessities are: a true reflection on the essence of the things that will lead us into the future."
Check out the furniture in the slideshow here.