" Les Petits Magiques "

I collaborated with a cook/confectioner Ms. Maki Watanabe who made chocolates, and I did illustrations & design.   The title "Les Petits Magiques" means " Magical Little Things" in French--- inspired by the fact that just a smack of chocolate changes our mood, like magic. Then the images of the magicians arose, who give you truffles to enchant you. (But why in French ? --- because it's chocolate !) Click to enlarge the image (right)
	There are 4 truffles in the coffret of "Les Petits Magiques" . Each truffle is a gift from the magician who represents "flamme=flame","eau=water","bois=forest" and "mineral=mineral".   "flame" is spicy with ginger & blackpepper, "water" contains juicy passionfruit & lemon, "forest" tastes rich with praline of hazelnut & allspice, and "mineral" has the salt of Guerande in it !   4 truffles in original package with minicard=1000yen; SOLD OUT, thank you!
The package was designed to hold the minicard to display the illustrations.   It was like designing a book, because the package is not only a container of "things" but also that of "experience" or "memory" and is also portable . That's what I learned from the guests at this exhibition.
chocolates : Maki WATANABE illustrations & package design : Toriko Kino