Winning design
Spoonflower organized a “Stone Fruit Design Challenge” (design competition on the theme of stone fruits) in partnership with pastry chef Lauren Ko, creator of Lokokitchen. It was then up to her to choose the winning design, from which she created a special edition tart.
My proposal had to be adaptable to pastry, and above all respect Lauren Ko’s geometric style. I opted for a simple design and vibrant colors in a pop’art style, working with rhythm and inspiring shapes for the upcoming tart. It was a wise choice since Lauren Ko was able to create from this material a tart that doesn’t disparage her own usual creations.
I’m happy with this work and delighted with how it all turned out. Too bad I didn’t get to taste the tart!
About Lauren Ko
Colors and geometry
In her book Piometry, Lauren Ko renews the art of the tart or pie by drawing inspiration from abstract art. She reveals her manufacturing secrets, and offers flavor combinations that are as creative as they are visually innovative. [Her work has been featured in publications such as Vogue, O Magazine, Buzzfeed’s Tasty, and on-screen in Martha Bakes and CBS’ Sunday Morning.]
Follow her on Instagram: @lokokitchen
Official website: lokokitchen.com
I Earlier this summer, I teamed up with @spoonflower for a stone fruit design challenge. 🍑 Nearly a thousand participants submitted a stunning range of vibrant designs chock full of peaches, plums, cherries, and pie. @andrealeonelli_illustrations’ bright, peppy plumscape was the juiciest of them all and earned the top prize.
Lauren Ko – Lokokitchen (Instagram August 21, 2021)
The cheery color palette, jaunty shapes, and the vibration of the lines in her design got two plums up from me. Summer is my favorite time of year and the whimsy in her design reflects everything I love about the season–from playful days spent in the sunshine to the glorious bounty of sweet stone fruit. The color-matching and detailwork really pushed me on this one, so I hope I did the design juicy crustice by packing my pie with as much fruit and fun and color inside and out! ☀️
[First image ID: a round unbaked plum pie set against a black background. The pie top surface design features dough cutouts of pink and purple plums and plum slices and thin black leaves laid out a sheet of light teal dough. Second image ID: @andrealeonelli_illustrations’ winning design features a light blue background and purple-pink colored plums and plum slices scattered throughout. Some plums have black and white stripe pits. Additional black and white shapes are arranged between the plums and slices add movement and whimsy to the design.]
Spoonflower’s Words
SPOONFLOWER: “As we begin to wind down on summertime here in North America, swapping out our pool floats for pumpkins, let us take a trip back down memory lane to last month when we teamed up with @lokokitchen for the Stone Fruit design challenge. @andrealeonelli_illustrations caught Lauren’s eye as the juiciest of all 918 entries, and Lauren has done what she does best and whipped up a glorious, designy pie in its honor. 😍 Swipe ➡️ to see it in all its freshly-baked plummy, tart and sweet glory!”
Lauren says “the cheery color palette, jaunty shapes, and the vibration of the lines in her design got two plums up from me. The color-matching and detailwork really pushed me on this one, so I hope I did the design juicy crustice by packing my pie with as much fruit and fun and color inside and out!” In our professional opinion, it’s a blue-ribbon worthy bake, no stones about it. 🥧💜
Shop the design
I ordered some beautiful placemats myself and I am delighted! As they exist in two matching colors, I mixed the two versions for a colorful table as desired. The sets are available in 3 fabrics to choose from: linen cotton canvas, cypress cotton and cotton sateen.
