WHAT

Neste * is a speculative concept that attempts to bring the con-sumers of the future closer to synthetic food. It is composed of a physical product, a bioreactor for synthetic food, and an app inte-grated with it that basically works in parallel. The app allows you to create the synthetic ingredient, customize a series of sensory and nutritional properties and keep the parameters under control. The bioreactor not only allows the growth of food but through a digital interface communicates the status of the parameters to the consumer in real time.

HOW

foodConsidering the fact that food can be considered as “non-hu-man”, I wanted to deepen the concept of attachment between man and product, in particular by hypothesizing and conside-ring food as a product.Thanks to the consequences of the ”Ta-magotchi effect” I speculated that the relationship of care bet-ween the food and caretaker can create an intimate bond. The project can be briefly introduced with the following words: “te-chnology as a medium for establishing a bond with synthetic food”.

WHY

With a constantly growing world population, food production through traditional agriculture and farming is putting the pla-net’s resources to the test. Could artificial food ensure adequate nutrition for everyone? According to several studies, by applying synthetic biotechnology in future food may be possible to get rid of the drawbacks of the traditional agriculture and husbandry while improving resource conversion efficiency. Overall, synthe-tic biology driven food industry has the potential to address the challenges of sustainable food supply in the future.