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Louis Vuitton 200
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Louis Vuitton, Bompas & Parr created two celebratory artworks through the studio’s favourite creative mediums – jelly and fireworks, commissioned by the Maison’s LV200 programme.
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Imminent Future of Food 2022
Bompas & Parr has published its fifth annual report into the future of food. The Imminent Future of Food 2022 report summarises the zeitgeist thinking from the studio for this year, stepping ever radically into challenging what we will be eating and drinking imminently.
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Ballantine’s Time Slowing Experience
Time Well Spent: Through multi-sensory design, Ballantine’s Korea captured the art and science of slowing down time within the ‘Ballantine’s Time Slowing Experience’ – a concept by Bompas & Parr, delivered in collaboration with Pernod Ricard, which celebrated the maturation and exceptional single malts of Ballantine’s Scotch whisky.
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The Fruit Chemist
For Maestro Dobel’s Artpothecary showcased at Frieze Art Fair New York, Bompas & Parr designed ‘The Fruit Chemist’ – an installation that celebrates contemporary Mexican art, artists and hospitality.
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The Clay House
The Clay House: Margate’s Gourmet Chalet – a beachfront apartment gloriously positioned between Margate Main Sands and Dreamland.
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Nakamura.ke Lumen Ramen Bar
World’s First Glowing Ramen Ba
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Imminent Future of Food 2021
Bompas & Parr has published its fourth annual report into the future of food. The Imminent Future of Food 2021 report constitutes official forward-looking predictions the studio has made into eating and drinking, from Sheep Spas to Nihilist Baking, and comes with the authority of over a decade spent at the forefront of food and drink culture. This report combines thinking on both imminent and far future thinking – it aims to uncover the smallest of seeds being sewn that will impact change over the coming months and years.
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Benham & Froud
Bompas & Parr’s new luxury British jelly company, Benham & Froud, launches its first series of jelly moulds. Based on original Benham & Froud patterns found in the archives, each of the three reusable pâtissier moulds have all the classical charm of yesteryear. Handmade from 0.5mm clear plastic, these durable jelly moulds give excellent definition and ease of unmoulding.
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Fountain of Hygiene
Fountain of Hygiene is an open-call competition to develop inspired takes on sanitiser pumps and hand washing rituals. Designs must be submitted before midnight GMT 18th November to [email protected], with judging commencing on Friday 20th November. Winners will have their design showcased at Haw Par Music as part of Business of Design Week CityProg Hong Kong. This is part two of the original campaign which exhibited at the Design Museum, London.
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Ghost Stories of Tripadvisor
For Halloween 2020, Bompas & Parr published Ghost Stories of Tripadvisor, the first collection of online reviews detailing haunted hotels. The publication, dedicated to all who work in hospitality, is by turns horrific, unseemly and comic.
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