Designer turns to sell sweets, Tokyo cineca studio creates herbarium candy, gingerbread palette
These candies are so beautiful that people can't bear to eat them! Tokyo cineca studio is responsible for dessert design, production and packaging design by the manager Mio Tsuchiya. Each work is a visual and taste feast. The owner draws inspiration from his favorite movies and designs pleasing desserts. Mio Tsuchiya, the director of Tokyo cineca studio, is a movie lover. She hopes to make candies for adults through "stories". Graduated from Tama Art University, Mio Tsuchiya was originally a graphic designer. She loved making candies and pastries since she was a child. Later, she learned how to make French candies and founded the cineca brand on her own. Here are 4 amazing cineca works:
A Piece of
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There are 3 flavors of mountain, river and sea. The finished product of A Piece of series looks like a hard stone, but it melts in your mouth when you eat it. Inspired by the French movie "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", Mio Tsuchiya felt the power of "words" after seeing the main character in the story unable to speak due to injury. Words give people different feelings in different states. She presents words in the form of stones, making the taste of light gray rosemary by the sea, gray cherry blossom by the river, and dark gray ginger in the mountains.
Palette
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The palette "Palette" is made of gingerbread, and the colorful icing on the palette represents the paint. There are 4 designs in this series, representing 4 different artists: Georgia O'Keeffe, Robert Ryman, Amedeo Modigliani, Nicolas de Staël. Inspired by the French film Blooming Flowers, which tells the life story of French artist Séraphine Louis.
Herbanium
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Seasonal flowers and herbs are sealed in transparent sand candies. This work Herbanium, which means herbarium in Chinese. This is a representative work of cineca, inspired by the movie "Looking for Sivea". It can be eaten directly or poured into hot water or hot tea to add flavor.
Bon Voyage
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This candy, specially made for the Peter Doig exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, emits a mysterious scotch gin aroma when chewed. This bon bon candy was inspired by Mio Tsuchiya's observation of Peter Doig's paintings. The design of the box, so that bon bon lies on a white boat, the idea comes from the canoe theme used repeatedly in Peter Doig's works.
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Tsuchiya Weiyang's candies and biscuits are all designed and produced by her alone. Sometimes the works are light and clear, and sometimes they are colorful and joyful. Love her work, can follow her Follow her on Instagram to see her latest work.