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Design competition „The bakery of the future” iba 2025

BakeLab - the transparent research bakery

BakeLab is an open high-tech bakery with a laboratory feel. Customers experience the baking process live, interact with the products via app and vote on new recipe ideas. An innovative mix of transparency, technology and co-design.

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Düsseldorf, Germany

BakeLab is the transparent research bakery - a place where craftsmanship meets high-tech. In an open laboratory, customers can experience live how bread is made. With real-time data, AR experiences and monthly baking experiments, every visit becomes an interactive moment of learning and enjoyment.

Vision: The transparent process - education & innovation
Space concept: Open lab concept, production visible in the center, seating all around.
Tech: Live data displays (e.g. dough fermentation, temperature), AR experience via app: point your phone at the bread - information about ingredients and origin.
Design: Clean, sterile, inspired by high-tech kitchens & start-up aesthetics Special feature: A new “experiment” is baked every month - customers vote digitally on recipe ideas.

By Laid Malam-Bouraima 

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