Shape affecting taste
Japanese design studio Nendo has crafted a range of concept chocolates focussing on shape and texture.
The nine chocolates in the ChocolatTexture range use identical raw materials and are all made to fit within a 26x26x26mm space, yet each has its own distinctive shape and texture designed to create a unique ‘taste’.
Each chocolate is named after Japanese expressions to describe textures, including: ‘tubu-tubu’ Chunks of smaller chocolate drops; ‘sube-sube Smooth edges and corners; ‘zara-zara’ Granular like a file; ‘toge-toge’ Sharp pointed tips; ‘goro-goro’ Fourteen connected small cubes; ‘fuwa-fuwa’ Soft and airy with many tiny holes; ‘poki-poki’ A cube frame made of chocolate sticks; ‘suka-suka’ A hollow cube with thin walls and ‘zaku-zaku’ Alternately placed thin chocolate rods forming a cube.
Unfortunately, ChocoaltTexture is currently just a concept work and is not on sale. However, it’s an intriguing idea, and something to watch out for in future!