Waste line: An experiment with food material

For The Lovable Malai collection, Sajjalaksana coated food products that were past their use-by date in glycerine, preserving them and re-inventing the materials through craftsmanship.

‘I’m interested in using the transient nature of food as a design material in combination with textile design knowledge and culinary process,’ the designer tells LS:N Global. ‘The process of creating edible design can be informed by a textile response in methods of construction, such as sewing, linking and finding shape, form and colour. I used surface design, for instance, to help design the look of the collection and prolong the food quality.’

For more innovative approaches to food design and production, look out for LS:N Global’s forthcoming Food Futures report, available through the Future Laboratory’s online shop.