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Sum of the Parts - Baking

"Everybody knows that the whole is greater than the 
sum of the parts. What few people realize is that it's 
only through the parts that the whole gets delivered."

M I C H A E L   W O L F F ,   I N T E L   V I S U A L   L I F E 

The Sum of the Parts project illustrates an entire recipe along with its individual parts. Every teaspoon and tablespoon is represented, but as you step back, the colors for each ingredient give you a sense of the recipe’s result. When you’re reading the grid, each regular-sized segment equals one tablespoon. Since there are 16 tablespoons in a cup, there are 16 segments in one ring. The thinner segments are teaspoons. They are created to be one third the height of the tablespoons because they are one third the amount of a tablespoon.
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This project has gone through rounds of edits and updates over the years, below are some of the older versions, ending at the bottom with it's first round and gallery show.

Sum of the Parts - Baking
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Sum of the Parts - Baking

The Sum of the Parts is a new system of visualizing a recipe. Its grid system represents the amount of a given ingredient in a recipe, so that it Read More

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