Sustainable Indulgence II

2005

Sustainable Indulgence, a solar powered ice cream stall, was originally commissioned for the Whitstable Biennale in 2004. It travelled along the East Kent coastline producing and serving freshly made produce from local organic ingredients.
The magical transformation of the
suns energy into ice cream on one level suggests a level of humour or irony. However, this relationship actually ensures an economic logic: when it is sunny and hot, and the demand for ice cream high, production will also be high. Inversely, when conditions are overcast and the demand for ice cream low, production will also be low.

For the Aichi Expo’ Sustainable Indulgence has been re-designed from lightweight materials which fit within a moderately sized packing crate. When re-assembled, the crate itself becomes the body for the ice cream stall. This concept allows the work to travel long distances as freight with the smallest possible carbon footprint.