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Global Street Food is the latest project by German designer / creative director / curator / artist Mike Meiré. At Vitra’s Art Basel Party we had the opportunity to have a look at Global Street Food and spoke with Mike Meiré and Andreas Dornbracht of kitchen and bathroom brand Dornbracht. Global Street Food is part of Dornbracht’s Edges series of cultural projects and in a way the successor of Mike Meiré’s Farm Project for the same series.

Global Street Food had its debut during imm Cologne 2009. It basically is an exhibition of street kitchens collected from around the world. Among them: a cheese and sausage stand from Buenos Aires, a chopping block from Hong Kong, China, a fruit and vegetable stand from Rundu, Namibia, a terracotta chicken grill from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and many others.

In this video, Mike Meiré talks about the fascination with these improvised kitchens in public places, how he got the idea for the exhibition and how the show relates to the Farm Project.

This video is an excerpt, for the full-length version containing the complete interview with Mike Meiré, statements by Andreas Dornbracht and some atmospheric shots of the Vitra Party go to our HD page.

Mike Meiré’s Global Street Food has been shown in the Buckminster Fuller Dome on the Vitra Campus as an accompaniment to the exhibition “Antibodies. Works by Fernando & Humberto Campana 1989 – 2009” from June 11 to July 12, 2009.

Private viewing and Festa Brasileira, Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein / Germany, June 6, 2009.

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In 1987 Mike Meiré founded the advertising agency Meiré und Meiré, along with his brother Marc. Since 1999 he is art director of the business magazine “Brand Eins”. In the third part of the interview Mike Meiré talks about the creation process, from where he gets his inspiration, artists he likes and his favorite brands. VernissageTV met Mike Meiré in Cologne where “The Farm Project” has been part of “Passagen”, the supporting programme of the International Furniture Fair in Cologne. Cologne, January 15, 2007. Interview with Mike Meiré, part 3/3.
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• Mike Meiré for Dornbracht / The Farm Project / Interview, part 2/3
• Mike Meiré for Dornbracht / The Farm Project / Interview, part 1/3

Mike Meiré is the creative mind behind many diverse projects. He is designer as well as art director, artist, editor, and curator and defines himself more as a professional dreamer. In 2006 he won the Visual Leader of the Year Award for the art direction of the publications Brand Eins, Kid’s Wear, McK Wissen, Mini Magazine, Dornbracht, Siemens and Strenesse. He curated the Stardust Festival with Mark Borthwick (on the occasion of the Art Cologne) and performances for Dornbracht Culture Projects, and he conceived the installations The Farm Project, E-R-S (Energetic Recovery System) and the MEM ritual architecture for Dornbracht. VernissageTV met Mike Meiré in Cologne where “The Farm Project” has been part of “Passagen”, the supporting programme of the International Furniture Fair in Cologne. Cologne, January 15, 2007. Interview with Mike Meiré, part 2/3.
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Related Articles:

• Mike Meiré for Dornbracht / The Farm Project / Interview, part 3/3
• Mike Meiré for Dornbracht / The Farm Project / Interview, part 1/3

For Dornbracht Edges, designer Mike Meiré is showing the installation “The Farm Project”. With “The Farm Project” Mike Meiré transforms the kitchen into a barn-like, “real-life” stage, charged with aromas, animals, plants and objects – and with an outer cover made of a patchwork of materials. VernissageTV met Mike Meiré in Cologne where “The Farm Project” has been part of “Passagen”, the supporting programme of the International Furniture Fair in Cologne. Cologne, January 15, 2007. Interview with Mike Meiré, part 1/3.
> Click image to watch quicktime video in new movie window.
> Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download video file.
> Click this link to watch Flash video in new movie window.
> DVD available.

Related Articles:

• Mike Meiré for Dornbracht / The Farm Project / Interview, part 3/3
• Mike Meiré for Dornbracht / The Farm Project / Interview, part 2/3