Kiosk T-W — Nomi Toirkens

↗ Social designer, food enthusiast, bitter reclaimer and researcher working at the intersection of food, ecology, and social practices. My work explores how sensory experiences (especially taste) can reconnect us to what has been bred out, forgotten, or overlooked. Through foraging, craft and collaboration I create tools, tastings and narratives to invite new ways of relating to food, the natural world and lost knowledge.

Kiosk T-W

20-29 Sept 2024

Nabila Ernada, Nomi Toirkens, Elna Aurand, Violeta Perez Hurtado, Caroline Holper and Phoebe Hotopf—brought their mobile kitchen project, Kiosk T//WASTE, to Vienna Design Week, where it won the tenth Stadtarbeit Social Design Award. The project aimed to both challenge our notions of food waste within industrial food systems by turning discarded ingredients into something not only edible but desirable. The group’s mobile kitchen roamed through Vienna’s third district, transforming rescued ingredients from local businesses into vegetarian dishes while encouraging the public to engage in a dialogue about waste. The festival was closed with a surprise dinner for everyone – at Design in Gesellschaft together with Cucina Alchemia.

The group also collaborated with Design Academy Eindhoven’s student initiative Elevator Radio, using the platform to broadcast conversations about food, design, and sustainability. Discussions touched on the role of communal meals in building social bonds, Vienna’s growing food design scene, and how creative practices can reshape our relationship with food waste. The mobile kitchen itself, adapted from Chmara Rosinke’s Mobile Hospitality project, became both a practical tool and a symbol of the project’s nomadic, community-focused approach.

Program Kiosk T//WASTE @ Vienna Design Week 2024:

Sep 20-Sep 29, Vienna Design Week HQ

Sep 21, 11–17:00, Wien Mitte – The Mall
Sep 22, 12–16:00, Arenbergpark
Sep 28, 12–16:00, Rochusmarkt

Caritas Community Cooking:
Sep 27, 13–16:00, Kulturhaus Brotfabrik

Live-Podcasts:
Sep 23, 14:00, Botanischer Garten, Universität Wien
Sep 25, 14:00, Karl-Borromäus-Brunnen
Sep 27, 14:00, Kulturhaus Brotfabrik

Surprise Dinner:
Sep 28, 18–20:00

nomadic kitchen, community building, food waste, urban food & design, Stadtarbeid Social Design Award

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