Julian KC

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January 2, 2018/Author: ryanfletcherdesign
“Tapas Micros” is a set of porcelain, restaurant service ware designed to accommodate a Micro Menu. The micro menu is a trend in restaurants; guests are served several (sometimes 10 or more) courses of highly conceptual and sculptural food. The small bites, or “tastings” as they are sometimes called,...

Gold Tea Set Collab

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December 28, 2017/Author: ryanfletcherdesign
Gold Tea Set Collab Project was designed to influence the work through collaborative input. “Gold Flavored Tea Set” was created in 2009 in my studio in Kansas City and shipped to a photographer in Jacksonville, FL to become an element in a photo shoot taking place there. The photos...

Piccolo MPLS

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December 28, 2017/Author: ryanfletcherdesign
For this project a selection from the Tapas Micros set was selected for a 6 Course prefix menu created by Chef/Owner Doug Flicker of Piccolo Restaurant Minneapolis. Dinner event and guests coordinated by Northern Clay Center and Piccolo staff at the end of a 4 week invitational residency. Product:...

Late Night Pastry Dinner

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December 28, 2017/Author: ryanfletcherdesign
Late Night Pastry Dinner, coordinated by Chef/Owner Howard Hanna, was an after hours collaboration with three local pastry chefs. Tasha Goellner (Mullberry and Mott), Nick Wesemann (The American Restaurant), Carter Holton (Le Fou Frog) created a 9 course pastry dinner, 3 savory courses and 6 dessert courses for around...

Rieger Hotel with Howard Hanna

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December 27, 2017/Author: ryanfletcherdesign
Through collaboration and industrial production methods, I create dining experiences using  restaurants as alternative exhibition spaces. This is most evident in two projects titled “Tapas Micros” and “Paper Plates.” Both projects were created as collaborative experiments within the parameters of food service. Both were created with direct input from...