As one whose professional life revolves around unnecessary ornament (that is, cookie decorating), I must take issue with the early 20th century limited view of Austrian architect Adolf Loos that frills and ruffles mire a culture in our own indulgence, for he ignores the benefit of artful expression to our collective souls. But I digress. I do, however, find it fascinating that the views of Adolf Loos are used to criminalize (as in, crime against culture) the act of cake decorating and used as a starting point for an exhibit at Vienna’s MAK museum. Architect Sam Jacob encouraged designers to play with this notion and the exhibit holds the results. See the review HERE at Edible Geography.
I’m enthralled by the cake decorating machine created by Mischer Traxler, and by the reviewer’s musing on the significance of consumer input. And my favorite is the submission by Danklhampel. This baking tin uses a collage technique that eliminates the need for, well, me (that is, icing decoration).
See the review of the exhibit and links to more information HERE at Edible Geography.
I kinda want that second pan, though. But still, I NEED lots of cute decorated cookies and cakes.