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Yuan Yuan

Yuan Yuan is a food and product designer. Born in Karamay of China, she lives and works in Paris. She received a MFA degree at The Graduate School of Art and Design of Reims, France in 2010. In 2014, she founded her own design studio in Paris and constantly develops her own design ideas focusing on interactions between human and objects. As a food designer, she explores new sensory and emotional connection that people have with food through design experiments. She believes that food design can deeply reflect interactions between people and objects, as it can be enjoyed by anyone. The food setting she designed creates an original atmosphere of experiment that touches all senses. Her research is often related to well-being, health and nature.

Edible Papercut

Materials: kiwi, strawberry, banana, raspberry, lemon, almond, pumpkin, onion, potato, peas, sugar

The food is made of fresh raw ingredients dried at low temperature. The food can be kept for several weeks while remaining the original taste. It respects the natural attributes of food. The purpose of this work to apply the characteristics of the paper to the food; creating food forms that encourages new interactions between people and food. 
It is inspired by Chinese folk art-paper cutting.