THE INSTANT NOODLE REPAIR CAFÉ
THE INSTANT NOODLE REPAIR CAFÉ
A project by Pierre Castignola and Diego Faivre for Vienna design week
16 to 25 September 2022
Vienna, Austria
Part of the Stadtarbeit program, supported by Ertse bank
For many they’re a snack but for others they’re a source of inspiration: instant noodles.
Pierre Castignola and Diego Faivre have reshaped the discarded plastic containers that formed part of a stand in last year’s VIENNA DESIGN WEEK into a salon, in which they investigate the ostensible lifehack and internet phenomenon of repairing things using instant noodles.
The repair café of the Amsterdam-based French designers creates unexpected settings that enable us to experience the artistic-creative repurposing of objects as tangible culinary phenomena: This is a place where creatives and noodle fans come together to share their thoughts about the flow of goods and the design-driven reuse of waste.
With design objects by: Jean-Baptiste Gambier, Olga Flòr, Flora Lechner, Yongwon Noh, Seunghwan Ji, Christian Hammer Juhl and Jade Chan, Tim Teven, Baiba Soma and Hugo Beheregaray.
Custom recipe based on instant noodles every single day such as noodle pizza, noodle quiche, noodle quesadillas and noodle carbonara.
Custom restaurant furniture tailor made for the project, the bar itself and the chairs and tables are made from discarded giant buckets.
Noodle ashtray design by Flora Lechner
