Bompas & Parr launches a design competition to create three-dimensional ice cream moulds for London Design Festival (15-23 September). The initiative follows the success of The British Museum of Food's exhibition SCOOP: A Wonderful Ice Cream World, featuring displays of ornate ice cream moulds from the 18th and 19th centuries from Robin and Caroline Weir's collection.
Ice cream and sorbets have an aristocratic history in Europe due to the high-costs associated with ingredients and keeping things frozen. In the past, eating ice cream and sorbet was reserved for royalty and the very wealthy and serving it in moulds represented the pure zenith of the craft. A banquet 1714 and hosted by the Austrian ambassador to Rome in honour of Empress Elisabetta Cristina, included five tables of towering pyramids of moulded sorbets, a large vase made of milk-coloured ice and a tree holding 150 frozen moulded fruit sorbets set in a chocolate 'soil'. Bompas & Parr now invites designers, architects and artists to restore the glory of the ice cream mould, creating shape and form that's fit for 21st century snacking and displaying on contemporary dining tables.
All entries must be sent to Bompas & Parr by midday on Monday 27th August . The winners will be announced on Thursday 30th August . Full details on how to apply can be found in a separate competition brief on the following website www.bmof.org or emailing Dan Price dan@bompasandparr.com
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