Themed Experience

Thesis (B.A.)--University of Central Florida, 2013

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Restaurant designs and food concepts that are driving current trends in interior design and architecture to new heights.

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The contributors to this highly original collection of essays explore the relationship between food and architecture, asking what can be learned by examining the (often metaphorical) intersection of the preparation of meals and the production of space. In a culture that includes the Food Channel and the knife-juggling chefs of Benihana, food has become not only an obsession but an alternative art form. The nineteen essays and Gallery of Recipes in Eating Architecture seize this moment to investigate how art and architecture engage issues of identity, ideology, conviviality, memory and loss that cookery evokes. This is a book for all those who opt for the combination platter of cultural inquiry as well as for the readers of M. F. K. Fisher and Ruth Reichl. The essays are organised into four sections that lead the reader from the landscape to the kitchen, the table, and, finally, the mouth. The essays in Place Settings examine the relationships between food and location that arise in culinary colonialism, and the global economy of tourism. aesthetic experimentation, including an examination of gingerbread houses as art, food and architectural space. The essays in Table Rules consider the spatial and performative aspects of eating and the ways in which shared meals are among the most perishable and preserved cultural artefacts. Finally, Embodied Taste considers the sensual apprehension of food and what it means to consume a work of art. The Gallery of Recipes contains images by contemporary architects on the subject of eating architecture.

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"Entertainment Dining spotlights a wide array of design solutions for those who seek new and exciting restaurant experiences, where having a meal is not the only aim." "See how Marvel Mania in University City, CA, has become a three-dimensional comic book universe by use of over-scaled, cut-out images of superheroes; a Morph Wall; sound effects; and "thought ballons that hover over diners' heads. Nostalgia reigns at Fuel Pizza Cafe in Charlotte, NC, a 1930s Pure Oil, Tudor-Style service station transformed into a pizza-by-the-slice eatery." "Entertainment Dining also features Elvis Presley's Memphis restaurant, the Harley Davidson cafe, Joe's BeBop/Jazz Cafe, Cafe Spiaggi, Alcatraz Brewery, and many more facilities that combine exciting entertainment with exceptional dining - both fancy and down home."

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Much of the built world is designed around food; for storing, producing, transporting, selling, serving and eating. We recognise the regeneration of a neighbourhood through its new cafes, restaurants and grocery shops. This title features new restaurants in London, New York, Sydney and Tokyo; the design of markets; provocative essays by architects, historians, and social scientists; and interviews with designers and entrepreneurs.

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"Theme Restaurants invites you on a tour of the new styles of restaurants, and shows how they are designed and marketed. Within this book's pages, vivid photographs, detailed floor plans, and revealing text combine to explore the strategies behind successful hot spots - from the special effects simulating undersea immersion at Dive!, the music and memorabilia of Detroit's heyday at Motown Cafe, to the haunted-house aura of the Jekyll & Hyde Club. Additionally, the book includes information on the latest interior trends, from cigar rooms to recreations of classic restaurants from bygone eras." "The unique visions of internationally renowned designers and architects such as Joe Meisel, Jordan Mozer, Adam D. Tihany, and scores of others are displayed in conceptual architecture which continues to transform the restaurant industry the world over."