Jiggling bowls and musical plates feature in a collection of tableware, designed by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Teresa Berger to help diners reconsider how their food is produced and consumed.
The eight pieces in the range combine a classic stoneware base with unexpected elements like uneven, textured surfaces to facilitate touch, silicone accessories that enhance smell, and speakers to deliver "sonic seasoning".
With her Beyond Taste collection, Berger wants to pay heed to the origins and preparation methods of a dish through the plate on which it is served.

The project pays homage to the ideas of gastrophysics. A growing area of scientific research, it investigates the ways in which our perception of food is influenced by an interplay of all our senses ? not just taste. The approach has become increasingly popular among designers in recent years, with Jinhyun Jeon, Michel/Fabian and others designing cutlery that enhance our perception of food.

"To get this really thin and even surface of silicone I pour it layer by layer over vacuum-formed acrylic moulds," the designer explained of the production process, which takes place in her Copenhagen studio.
"It's a very time-consuming method but so far I have not found another way of creating the same results."

In contrast, the Landscape and Seabed Plates are thick ceramics slabs made to resemble the natural environment of particular ingredients.
The eater has to carefully navigate through t...