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My Sweets

A London designer gives us occasion to ponder our favorite question this weekend: How can we design less better?

Written by Paul Tulipana on May 8, 2009

My Sweets are candy bars designed by London-based Tithi Kutchamuch. Specifically, they are candy bars designed to aesthetically deliver you less candy.

'My Sweets' by Tithi Kutchamuch

From his statement:

Bargain food persuades people by playing with the value of money, which has brought a lot of problems to society: over nutrition, eating disorders, obesity, illness, guilt, wasting food, wasting resources, over production, etc.

Can design make people buy food that offers less?

Something to consider for this weekend: Is selling less candy like this really ethical?

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Paul — May 8, 2009
 
Tagged with: Design, Food, Incommensurable Values, Less is Better, Moral Dilemmas, Product Design, Self-Titled, Weekend Ponderables

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