Like Colour | Pink and Green and Watermelon!

Pink and Bright Green might also be colours of the season but

what perfect form to celebrate it in than with watermelon inspired items!

Ive spotted three in the last three weeks and even though it's winter in south africa, im

pretty damn excited about it!

Watermelon Umbrella ! This was in Vida E Cafe's Obrigado Magazine

The Spotted this deliciously awesome Tent on Designboom.

and then this cake found on Pinterest this morning!

not sure about the flavour..

so all in all it looks like watermelon is SO HOT RIGHT NOW

hehe

Like food | Pantone Tarts by food designer Emilie de Griottes for Fricote Magazine

Really like these Pantone paint swatch inspired tarts, 

created by food designer Emilie de Grottos for Fricote magazine.

They look delicious

Photos by Emilie de Griottes from her website : Griottes

She also has a great Pinterest account: Griottes_blog

Like Food | Patterned Cucumber Sandwiches and more Retro

This reinvented beautiful cucumber sandwiches composition is so damn inspiring, have

never really thought about cutting a cucumber up  like this before...

There are a few things as awesome as classic and retro food items !

I made some deviled eggs for a Christmas starter last year and

we all became so excited ~ a combination of freaky and nostalgic!

Another food pattern : Different coloured Fruit,  cut up in blocks,  

arranged in this checkered pattern. (via Laura Rossouw's Pinterest)

And finally

for the  finale - the ultimate classic

story we read as children - The Very Hungry Caterpillar

made with cupcakes. 

(via ffffound)

Like Place | Paarman Manor in Constantia, Cape Town, South Africa, #Visi32

We all know Ina Paarman spices, but when I found this

article in the Visi #32 (longago issue), i was quite wide-eyed

with the beauty of the gardens. ( 8200 SQM)

 (images scanned in from visi magazine #32)

" The site is located on the north facing slope of Constantia on sandy clay soils.  The topograghy consisted of grass terraces and stone retaining structures.  The site included numerous distinctive mature trees which imparted a great influence towards the design process.  These included Cork Oaks, Outeniquq Yellowoods , wild Peach trees, ancient fruit Olives and exotic, smaller indigenous trees " 

( web)

Like Space | Marlene van der Westhuizen 's Kitchen , Elle Decoration #56

See Marlene's Cookbooks here at GOOD FOOD co za

Like Idea | Braaing out of a Bucket #summer

?scanned out of HOME magazine, Nov 2008 #044

SQUARE-HOUSE-CONCEPCION-AMAZON-TREE-CONTAINER-TREE-CHURCH-FLOWERDOG-FALAFEL

Scanned in from one of the recent editions of the Mark Magazine, really
love this house in Concepcion where Mauricio Pezo + Sofia von Ellrichshausen Live + Work

brilliant isometrics :

And on another note

 I read this quote on Twitter by World Future Society

""The theory on career development: what psychology says about choosing your passion" - Steven Mandzik on the WFS blog: " (link)  ...

I then Google-Imaged' World Future" and came across this image

of a deforested Amazon....eish

What ???

" Deforestation in the Amazon, carried over the last 20 years, is now thrice the size of Italy. " (link)

The Rest of the Images were your usual match-up of SuperGreenMeetSuperMachine

graphics. Pretty Nasty Stuff. Much prefer this photo I found over at Inhabitat

making me excited that the future will be just as much as what we do with the spaces 

inbetween/left-over as by building new super-green-farm-living-towers

Imagine Buildings built with just trees ? I dont see why not ?

Especially buildings generally associated with strong experiential qualities 

A Green Cathedral  / The Netherlands

Perhaps Objects inside the Buidling of Trees should
be constructed of flowers...


?

This is called the FLower Puppy by Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquadt.


Its based on PUPPY by Eero Aarnio (2005), the Rotaional-Moulded Polyethylene
Lime Green Dog produced by Magis

And just because Im a little bit hungry right now, FUTURE FOOD has got some incredible looking stuff, not that
it will be the food of the future, who knows what that might be. (check out this CRAZY banana
I poted on LIKE IDEA once )

This one stood out for the moment

" World's Easiest Falafel & Tzatziki "

Like Food | How to make Pretzels etc - The OctoberFest Issue - Sunday Times Food Weekly

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The Following was photographed from

yesterday's Sunday Times Supplement 'FOOD WEEKLY', 

9 October 2011. Love the colours of these photos, and also the recipes.

Pretzels seem quite tricky... (click on images too enlarge)

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Food Fotos - Lemons, Custard, Toffee Apples and a Plant on the Piano

Took a few el random food-snaps at my mother's place. 

Some Chopped Lemons

And Custard

then small toffee apples with custard

some dry baked pastry shells

then stuffed with lamb

pretzel break ( not very popular )

and a plant on a piano

(photos : renee rossouw cape town 2011 )

Like Graphic | Hand Writing on A Bread Loaf Packet

(VIA)

Toffie Food Festival - Cape Town

Last Weekend Cape Town City Hall played host to The President's First

Toffie Food Festival. The Building's orientation and stained glass 

windows permitted the most beautiful soft light into the rooms and onto the 

objects/food curated by The President to display.

paper flower 'growing' in the entrance lobby

the colour-coordinated fruit & vegetables spanning meters along the corridor

the other half of the corridor had brown bags of spices on display

the main hall

a PENCIL pinata by elle decoration's charl edwards

(PHOTOS : RENEE ROSSOUW CAPE TOWN 2011 )

Some of the photos are also here

at Elle Decoration's Posts on the Fair. 

Read some more info on the speakers there.