Bread From Scratch, a collection of objects designed by Mirko Milan Joel Ihrig in 2012, wants you to be a little less passive the next time you sit down for a meal.
Ihrig states that the collection of a wood oven and breadmaking tools was a reaction to the fact that many people do not know where their food comes from. As a result of our reliance on industrially-made processed food, we lose touch with our knowledge of food production. Ihrig chose bread for this project because it’s one of the oldest and most universal foods; bread is consumed by the wealthy and poor alike and is almost a universal symbol of food. Bread-making here serves as the perfect metaphor for Ihrig’s argument.
The set comes with everything one would need to make bread from scratch. It includes a flour mill, a jar to cultivate sourdough, a mixing bowl, a kneading board, a paddle and, of course, an oven.
Ihrig, 30, was born in Hamburg, Germany. Ihrig graduated with an MA from the School of Industrial Design in Lund, Sweden. Today he works as an industrial designer at the fuseproject in San Francisco.
Above image: Breadmaking oven which is part of the Bread From Scratch collection by Mirko Ihrig. Photograph courtesy of the designer.
Breadmaking oven which is part of the Bread From Scratch collection by Mirko Ihrig. Photographs courtesy of the designer.
Tools including a mill, yeast maker and a bowl for the Bread From Scratch set by Mirko Ihrig. Photographs courtesy of the designer.
The finished product and the conceptual stage for Mirko Ihrig’s Bread From Scratch collection. Photographs courtesy of the designer.
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