Figo Collective – Nº 4
Figo Collective Nº4 delves into how we eat, grow and design together. Through interviews, travel chronicles, applied research, stories and visual pieces, this issue follows three threads that meet at the table: community, craft and future. From the fair queue of a restaurant in La Paz and the Andean logic of colour and reciprocity, to edible gardens beside the kitchen, seaweed as a quiet pantry, fermentation as a design framework and active materials for service. We also look at leadership, physical and mental wellbeing at work, and local languages for coffee and yerba mate.
This issue contains around 200 pages, printed on FSC-certified recycled paper. It gathers essays, interviews, illustrated recipes, travel writing, artistic contributions and research pieces, weaving bold storytelling with careful observation.
Cover photo: Araceli Paz
Contents:
Contents
The commons of taste: a conversation with Andoni Luis Aduriz about dishes that are shared and kitchens that teach.
Written by Julia Soria and Siddharth Chogle
Popular, La Paz: the reading of its own rhythm
A conversation with Diego Rodas
Written by Julia Soria and Siddharth Chogle
Photographs by Julia Soria and Siddharth Chogle
From the pages of our travel diary: Lucknow, India
Written by Siddharth Chogle
Photography by Siddharth Chogle
The Valencian esmorzaret: the ritual begins with some peanuts
Written by Gaia Schirru
Photography by Gaia Schirru
Inspiring through leadership
Written by Malini Nair
Illustration by Poan Pan
Growing Ideas, Harvesting Flavors
A Conversation with Liv Linea Holm
Written by Julia Soria
Photography: Liv Linea Holm
The quiet power of seaweed
Written by Julia Soria
Listening to Microbes In conversation with Johnny Drain on how today’s fermentation is shaping the future
Written by Siddharth Chogle and Julia Soria
Photography courtesy of Johnny Drain
Speculations from science and design: reimagining the future of the table
Written by Siddharth Chogle in collaboration with Heidi Jalkh
Photography courtesy of Heidi Jalkh
Saffron, ashes and sheer
Written by Sadaf Hussain
Illustrations by Oliver Li
The “I’m too young for back pain” survival guide
In collaboration with Janhavi Jathar
Co-written by Siddharth Chogle
Eating together, building together: the Andean logic of colour and community
Written by Siddharth Chogle
Photographs by Julia Soria and Siddharth Chogle
Manga recipe : Muhammara
Illustration by Camila Torre Notari
Beyond the fields
Photographed and written by Kat Wood
Artwork by Martín Ayerbe
Catch of the day: yerba mate
Written by Tuna and Uchi (Lucía Armendáriz and Julieta Gambino)
Photographs by René Stevens and courtesy of Fronteras Yerba Mate
A new lexicon for Indian coffee
Written by Shivani Unakar
In conversation with Binny Varghese
An honest conversation about coping mechanisms in food and beverage and hospitality
Exploring substance use and misuse in the industry and the sustainable workforce we imagine
Written by Jasmin Parks-Papadopoulos, Chief Growth Officer at CHOW
Illustrations by Tara Keogh