Why do we eat soup with a spoon when we could drink it, too? Why do we sit on chairs and not on the floor when we eat? And why do we wear tight, uncomfortable clothing while doing so, and not aprons or bathrobes?

The way we eat is not biologically predetermined but rather moulded by our culture. Sonja Stummerer & Martin Hablesreiter question the norm of today’s society eating etiquette, challenging the idea of day-to-day routine behaviour and how design shapes society.