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The Cook Look Book combines haute couture and haute cuisine

Combining haute couture and haute cuisine should be wrong, right? But as this creative book illustrates, it can actually look good enough to eat...or wear.

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Open pages of the Cook Look Book showing a recipe page with colourful flowers and geometric patterns, combining fashion and culinary design

A collaborative project between graphic design studio, b.a-ba and Lernert & Sander, the Cook Look Book presents a selection of gourmet dishes, inspired by Chanel's Spring 2015 collection.

The art direction of the dishes uses the codes from fashion show photography, and allows, alongside the editorial design, to find the balance between existing as a cookbook and a lookbook.

We love the bizarre nature of this concept. Discover more at b-a-ba.works.

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Cook Look Book cover featuring blue and white design with orange blob detail and vertically stacked black text
Cook Look Book spread showing a model in a yellow dress against a patterned backdrop on the left page and blue interior pages with the book title on the right
The Cook Look Book's open spread showing a fashion photograph of a model in a white outfit on the left and a blue page with "look" written vertically on the right
Open spread of the Cook Look Book showing a blue page with "cook" text and a white sculptural food creation photographed against a neutral background
Open pages of the Cook Look Book showing a blue page with text and a white page featuring a black twisted form above a small food item
Opened pages of the Cook Look Book showing a woman in black Chanel-inspired outfit on left page and light blue page with "look" text on right
Open pages of the Cook Look Book showing a floral-patterned dish on the left and a minimalist plated food creation on the right
Open Cook Look Book showing a light blue cover beside an interior page with a gourmet dish photographed on an orange circular background
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