The Plate, Politics, and Norms Behind the All-American Breakfast:

You’ve probably heard that breakfast is the “most important meal of the day,” but do you know why? As the times we eat specific foods shift, one staple breakfast has remained the same: the All-American breakfast. By tracing each element of this plate back to its origins, it’s evident that marketing tactics have affected not only what we eat and when we eat it, but also our beauty standards, the politics of war, gender roles, and our prioritization of productivity.

One volume out of a class published series.

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→ Fall 2020 (8 weeks)

→ DSGN 300: Contemporary Theories in Design

→ Instructor: Maite Borjabad

→ Cover created in collaboration with Walker Spalek and Kartik Kumra

→ Layout designed by Abdel Hubbi and Rachel Pierce

→ Illustration by Lydia Ko