Food Into Opportunities 食譜書 by Udem Universidad de Monterrey

Food Into Opportunities 食譜書 by Udem Universidad de Monterrey is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 社會設計 Competition Category.

銅社會· 2025

Food Into Opportunities 食譜書

by Udem Universidad de Monterrey

Client: Universidad de Monterrey

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 社會 Category

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The Design

About Food Into Opportunities 食譜書

《食物變商機》係一本為咗幫助家庭減少廚餘而創作嘅食譜書，主要對象係30至60歲嘅女性。呢個混合形式將印刷書籍同喺社交媒體平台分享嘅數碼內容結合埋一齊。第一版聚焦喺水果同蔬菜，講解點樣喺唔同成熟階段使用佢哋。儲存貼士同應季食譜幫助充分利用每種食材。標準書信尺寸、精裝裝訂同埋線裝書頁，適合喺廚房頻繁使用。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Food Into Opportunities 食譜書是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Food Into Opportunities 食譜書將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Food Into Opportunities 食譜書出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This project introduces a practical recipe book specifically designed for women aged 30 to 60. It features a hybrid format, combining a physical book with digital content across social media platforms. The first edition focuses on fruits and vegetables, offering guidance on their use at different stages of ripeness.
It includes storage tips and recipes to maximize their potential, encouraging sustainable habits in everyday life.
Dimensions & Packaging: The constant interiors of 180 color pages, printed on a 140 gram sofa with 4x4 inks, ensuring a High graphic quality and a professional finish. The binding will be by sewing with hotmelt, providing robustness and ease of use, essential characteristics for a recipe book that will be used frequently in the kitchen.
Tags: Food, approval, recycling, hunger, reuse, nutrition, cooking, fruits, proteins, cereals, vegetables
Production Technology: The book design was developed with a strategic approach to optimize the format and the production costs, without compromising its functionality or quality. You choose a size
standard letter (21.5 x 28 cm) to minimize material waste during production printing, thus reducing environmental impact and allowing more economical production and sustainable.
The book will be hardcover with glossy lamination on the front and back covers, which ensures an attractive visual presentation and long-lasting protection.
Design Challenge: Research question
How can graphic design encourage families to minimize food waste
in their homes?
General Objective
Develop a tool and communication strategy that raises awareness about the
food waste to women.
Specific Objectives
Report on food waste generated in homes.
Promote responsible food consumption.
Optimize the use of food.
Research: This project has as its centerpiece a recipe book, designed as a tool practice to inform and train women between 30 and 60 years old about the impact of waste of food at home. Responding to the digital information saturation you experience
this group, the book takes advantage of the preference for physical formats, offering an experience functional and tactile in the kitchen. At the same time, complement this proposal with content digital in social networks, creating a balance between the physical and the digital.
The first edition of the book focuses on fruits and vegetables, addressing how to use them according to their stages of ripening, offering advice on efficient storage and providing
Practical recipes organized by seasons of the year. Through this approach, we seek to maximize the use of food, reduce waste and promote creativity in the kitchen, turning ingredients that are normally thrown away in delicious and easy to prepare dishes.
Inspiration: How can graphic design inspire families to reduce food waste in their homes?
To create a tool and communication strategy that raises awareness about food waste among women.
Educate households about the extent of food waste they generate.
Promote responsible and sustainable food consumption practices.
Encourage optimal utilization of food to minimize waste.
Project Duration: The brand seeks to establish a deep connection with food from its origin, whether in the land, the field or products of animal origin. Its objective is to raise awareness about the complete production process of each food, from its cultivation or breeding to its arrival at home, encouraging more conscious preparation and storage and responsible. The journey of food does not end on the plate; comprises an entire journey which, when understood, invites us to value and make the most of each ingredient, promoting more sustainable habits in our daily cooking.
Operation Flow: Various applications were developed to promote the brand and expand the reach of the project. As a complement to the book, a collection of exclusive dishes with designs was created.
that highlight the logo, icons and illustrative elements. These plates are one of the gifts to Kickstarter backers. Designed as iconic pieces of the brand, the plates They can be used both to serve the recipes in the book and to decorate.
Patents: Eugenia Martínez-Abrego Sáenz
María Andrade Padilla
Paulina Gonzalez Gracia
Valeria Marín Guzmán
Team Members: Eugenia Martínez-Abrego Sáenz
María Andrade Padilla
Paulina Gonzalez Gracia
Valeria Marín Guzmán
Image Credits: Eugenia Martínez-Abrego Sáenz
María Andrade Padilla
Paulina Gonzalez Gracia
Valeria Marín Guzmán