The Common Table
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A platform for food thinking, food futures and systemic change https://thecommontable.eu/
Can Food Design improve our relationships with food, or is it just fancy plating? OxfordFoodSymposium’ Kitchen Table & @thecommontable.eu invited Priya Mani, Sonia Massari, @fparasecoli.bsky.social, Laila Snevele, @sophielovell.com & Orlando Lovell to discuss. thecommontable.eu/food-design-...
August 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Can Food Design improve our relationships with food, or is it just fancy plating? OxfordFoodSymposium’ Kitchen Table & @thecommontable.eu invited Priya Mani, Sonia Massari, @fparasecoli.bsky.social, Laila Snevele, @sophielovell.com & Orlando Lovell to discuss. thecommontable.eu/food-design-...
We need to talk about Food Design. thecommontable.eu/food-design-...
August 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We need to talk about Food Design. thecommontable.eu/food-design-...
“One day, while watching them, I thought: what if these birds could cooperate and create their own alphabet?”
A multi species food alphabet by @curly_mads.
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#thecommontable #curlymads #wildbirds #wildbirdsalphabet #pictoplasma #foodalphabet #risoprint
A multi species food alphabet by @curly_mads.
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#thecommontable #curlymads #wildbirds #wildbirdsalphabet #pictoplasma #foodalphabet #risoprint
June 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
“One day, while watching them, I thought: what if these birds could cooperate and create their own alphabet?”
A multi species food alphabet by @curly_mads.
thecommontable.eu/wild-birds-f...
#thecommontable #curlymads #wildbirds #wildbirdsalphabet #pictoplasma #foodalphabet #risoprint
A multi species food alphabet by @curly_mads.
thecommontable.eu/wild-birds-f...
#thecommontable #curlymads #wildbirds #wildbirdsalphabet #pictoplasma #foodalphabet #risoprint
“Every morning, I visit a large urban park near my home to watch birds.” artist @curly_mads tells the story of herWild Birds Food Alphabet.
thecommontable.eu/wild-birds-f... Wild Birds Food Alphabet — The Common Table
#thecommontable #curlymads #wildbirds #foodalphabet #pictoplasma
thecommontable.eu/wild-birds-f... Wild Birds Food Alphabet — The Common Table
#thecommontable #curlymads #wildbirds #foodalphabet #pictoplasma
June 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“Every morning, I visit a large urban park near my home to watch birds.” artist @curly_mads tells the story of herWild Birds Food Alphabet.
thecommontable.eu/wild-birds-f... Wild Birds Food Alphabet — The Common Table
#thecommontable #curlymads #wildbirds #foodalphabet #pictoplasma
thecommontable.eu/wild-birds-f... Wild Birds Food Alphabet — The Common Table
#thecommontable #curlymads #wildbirds #foodalphabet #pictoplasma
Just as we understand individual ingredients, like apples or crisps, to be expressions of systems, The Common Table is an expression of a system initiated by studio_lovell. It is designed to be a hospitable space for learning to ask better questions.
March 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Just as we understand individual ingredients, like apples or crisps, to be expressions of systems, The Common Table is an expression of a system initiated by studio_lovell. It is designed to be a hospitable space for learning to ask better questions.
The Common Table's founders studio_lovell were invited to co-design an immersive dining experience and give a keynote at the #HotelschoolTheHague for their Future of Food course in Amsterdam. We talked about learning to ask better questions & understanding ingredients as expressions of systems.
March 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Common Table's founders studio_lovell were invited to co-design an immersive dining experience and give a keynote at the #HotelschoolTheHague for their Future of Food course in Amsterdam. We talked about learning to ask better questions & understanding ingredients as expressions of systems.
Food systems are emerging as a new focus of investigative cultural practice. The Common Table talked to curator and researcher Meriç Öner, former Director at Salt in Istanbul, who brings a unique perspective to the intersection of food, culture and art.
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February 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Food systems are emerging as a new focus of investigative cultural practice. The Common Table talked to curator and researcher Meriç Öner, former Director at Salt in Istanbul, who brings a unique perspective to the intersection of food, culture and art.
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Embracing food thinking not only facilitates an accessible, inclusive path to understanding and nurturing thriving ecologies by building and maintaining healthy relationships, it is essential to survival.
February 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Embracing food thinking not only facilitates an accessible, inclusive path to understanding and nurturing thriving ecologies by building and maintaining healthy relationships, it is essential to survival.
What if there was a more inclusive way to approach the design process than “design thinking”? One that is based, not on “things” or “problems” but on building and maintaining healthy relationships instead? 1/3 thecommontable.eu/food-thinking/
February 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
What if there was a more inclusive way to approach the design process than “design thinking”? One that is based, not on “things” or “problems” but on building and maintaining healthy relationships instead? 1/3 thecommontable.eu/food-thinking/
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February 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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A timely conversation with Food Studies professor Fabio Parasecoli on gastronativism (the “ideological use of food in politics to advance ideas about who belongs to a community”) the weaponising of food in politics and systemic thinking in a design context.
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February 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A timely conversation with Food Studies professor Fabio Parasecoli on gastronativism (the “ideological use of food in politics to advance ideas about who belongs to a community”) the weaponising of food in politics and systemic thinking in a design context.
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“The old world is dying, and the new world is struggling to be born. Now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci
Little monster by @aetherelf.bsky.social
Little monster by @aetherelf.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“The old world is dying, and the new world is struggling to be born. Now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci
Little monster by @aetherelf.bsky.social
Little monster by @aetherelf.bsky.social
What do you think are the right policy supports to help this transition for farmers and people in the food industry? asks @tabledebates.bsky.social Matthew Kessler of regenerative food systems expert Rupert Simons @systemiq.bsky.social Oxford Real Farmers Conference #ORFC25
January 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What do you think are the right policy supports to help this transition for farmers and people in the food industry? asks @tabledebates.bsky.social Matthew Kessler of regenerative food systems expert Rupert Simons @systemiq.bsky.social Oxford Real Farmers Conference #ORFC25
Loving this discussion. What do you think are the right policy supports to help this transition? asks @tabledebates.bsky.social Matthew Kessler of agroecologist and agricultural biodiversity expert Emile Frison @ipes-food.org Oxford Real Farmers Conference #ORFC25
January 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Loving this discussion. What do you think are the right policy supports to help this transition? asks @tabledebates.bsky.social Matthew Kessler of agroecologist and agricultural biodiversity expert Emile Frison @ipes-food.org Oxford Real Farmers Conference #ORFC25
What do we need to do right now to move toward a fossil-fuel-free system? @tabledebates.bsky.social 's Matthew Kessler asks farmer Helen Browning @thesoilassociation.bsky.social Oxford Real Farmers Conference #ORFC25
January 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What do we need to do right now to move toward a fossil-fuel-free system? @tabledebates.bsky.social 's Matthew Kessler asks farmer Helen Browning @thesoilassociation.bsky.social Oxford Real Farmers Conference #ORFC25
Is a Fossil-Free Food System Possible? What might an agroecological food system look like in practice? Oxford Real Farmers Conference #ORFC25 panel from @tabledebates.bsky.social's Matthew Kessler with Rupert simons, Emile Frison @ipes-food.org and Helen Browning @thesoilassociation.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Is a Fossil-Free Food System Possible? What might an agroecological food system look like in practice? Oxford Real Farmers Conference #ORFC25 panel from @tabledebates.bsky.social's Matthew Kessler with Rupert simons, Emile Frison @ipes-food.org and Helen Browning @thesoilassociation.bsky.social
Two devastating sentences stuck in our heads from yesterday's day 1 of the #ORFC25 spoken by agroecologist George McAllister about the destruction of land and farming in Gaza. rooted-magazine.org/2024/08/01/w...
January 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Two devastating sentences stuck in our heads from yesterday's day 1 of the #ORFC25 spoken by agroecologist George McAllister about the destruction of land and farming in Gaza. rooted-magazine.org/2024/08/01/w...
"From Ubuntu to Kapwa: Earth Wisdom and Regenerative Design in Food Systems". The moving close to day one of #ORFC25 with Sonita Mbah, Konkankoh Joshua, Mamerto Tindongan, Margarita Zethelius, Sarah Queblatin, Ati Seygundiba Quigua Izquierdo and Charlotte Dufour.
January 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"From Ubuntu to Kapwa: Earth Wisdom and Regenerative Design in Food Systems". The moving close to day one of #ORFC25 with Sonita Mbah, Konkankoh Joshua, Mamerto Tindongan, Margarita Zethelius, Sarah Queblatin, Ati Seygundiba Quigua Izquierdo and Charlotte Dufour.
From the Community, Food, Land, and Nature panel at Oxford Real Farming Conference #ORFC25 chaired by @olliedouglas.bsky.social of @themerl.bsky.social with @jcniala.bsky.social, farmer James Norman, @tallehatenchong.bsky.social & Samwel Nangiria Taresero.
January 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
From the Community, Food, Land, and Nature panel at Oxford Real Farming Conference #ORFC25 chaired by @olliedouglas.bsky.social of @themerl.bsky.social with @jcniala.bsky.social, farmer James Norman, @tallehatenchong.bsky.social & Samwel Nangiria Taresero.