From triangles to samosas – what Veganuary taught us about design

From triangles to samosas – what Veganuary taught us about design

In our first Studio Snack podcast of 2024, Snack resolution, fellow designer Narcis Sauleda and I do Veganuary. We chat about accidentally vegan snacks, Pythagoras, vegan equivalents of meat-based snacks, we try out two recipes and we ask what it all tells us about design.

So what does it tell us? Well, researching the episode made us think about the parallels in branding of the substitutions in vegan recipes – alongside main brand fonts, we choose equivalents that everyone in an organisation can access and use. It made us think about our responsibility in packaging design to carry through the ethos of a sustainable food product by designing out waste and litter. And we wonder if design will play a part in tempting more people to try plant-based food.

We make Studio Snack for fun – but each episode also expands our knowledge. CPD, with Bourbon biscuits…