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Japan and USA
Sep 2015 - Current
From struggling with Japanese recipes and studying IKEA and Lego’s, I was inspired to start diagramming recipes in AutoCAD and Illustrator that could be easily and universally understood by everyone.
By September 2015, I launched my food blog, The Chef Charette, to educate and inspire individuals around the world to prep, cook, and bake a variety of aesthetic and comforting dishes.
AutoCAD / Illustrator / Lightroom / Photoshop / Wordpress
Typical Recipes
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Overly wordy
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No photographs nor illustrations
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Intimidating and assume that individuals can understand everything
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Thus, individuals don't even try or give up
"Diagrams should be so dumbed down that a grandma can understand them."
- Andrew Atwood, Second year USC Arch professor
The Process
Just as architectural diagrams narrate the process of creating a building, recipes provide step-by-step instructions to create delicious meals.
I decided to approach cooking the same way I approach architectural design. Whenever I write a recipe, I also draw constructive diagrams on AutoCAD and Illustrator for how each recipe is assembled, in the way I would draw constructive diagrams for a building.
Autocad / Illustrator > Lightroom > Photoshop > Wordpress... Post!
Recipe Result:
Diagrams with photographs to guide users around the world with simple, black and white diagrams and photographs.
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