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The cover of a publication titled “Itinéraires d’une cuisine contemporaine”, with the issue number “n°03/10”. The layout features a grid of images including a piece of food on a pink background, a person holding a dark object, and a golden popsicle on a wooden board.

Beautifully designed Itineraries of Contemporary Cuisine is a cornucopia of superb photography

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Date
6 July 2016

Now in its third issue, Itineraries of Contemporary Cuisine is a beautifully designed publication that features an ever-impressive roster of photographic talent. Set in both French and English, each issue of the mag looks and ten chefs in ten different countries. There is also a city guide at the end of each issue with a selection of the magazine’s ten favourite restaurants in one particular city.

With beautiful typographic choices and interesting, innovative layouts, the designs by Paris-based studio Helmo is the perfect foil for the rich, narrative imagery throughout. For this issue, the photographic rooster is as impressive as ever, featuring work by Thomas Albdorf, Alexi Hobbs, Go Itami, Francesco Nazardo and Thomas Rousset.

There are also images by the magazine’s co-founder and photo editor, Benjamin Schmuck, who formed the magazine with Fulgurances. Benjamin says: “This is not what you would call a classic food magazine; there are no recipes, very few photographs of dishes, or descriptions of the restaurants themselves. What we look for is the stories of the men and women behind these restaurants and food initiatives, which we bring to light through both articles and photographs.”

An open book shows a close-up portrait of a person wearing glasses on the left page. The right page features a numbered list of ten names and countries, including “René Redzepi” and “Denmark”.
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Benjamin Schmuck and Helmo: Itineraries of Contemporary Cuisine
Photography Francesco Nazardo

An open book featuring a collage of photographs. The images include a person leaning over a surface, a close-up of a wooden tray containing various food items, a rocky coastline, and a patch of green grass.
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Benjamin Schmuck and Helmo: Itineraries of Contemporary Cuisine
Photography Marie Queau

An open magazine spread featuring a profile of chef René Redzepi. The left page shows a large, blurred photograph of a person in a white chef's jacket, overlaid with the bold headline “René Redzepi” and the location “Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Danmark Denmark”.
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Benjamin Schmuck and Helmo: Itineraries of Contemporary Cuisine
Photography David Zilber

An open magazine spread featuring a profile of Yoji Tokuyoshi. The left page shows a wide landscape photograph of a calm sea under a pale sky, with the headline “Yoji Tokuyoshi, Milan, Italie”. The right page contains a multi-column layout of French text under the heading “Me – Japanese – work”.
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Benjamin Schmuck and Helmo: Itineraries of Contemporary Cuisine
Photography Francesco Nazardo

An open magazine spread featuring a profile of an innkeeper. One page contains columns of text, while the opposite page shows a close-up of a person and a small dish of food.
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Benjamin Schmuck and Helmo: Itineraries of Contemporary Cuisine
Photography Benjamin Schmuck

An open magazine spread featuring a profile of Jen Agg. A large, bright blue 3D render of the letter “O” curves across the left page, partially overlapping the text.
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Benjamin Schmuck and Helmo: Itineraries of Contemporary Cuisine
Photography Alexi Hobbs

An open book shows two photographs side by side. On the left, a person squeezes a yellow sauce from a bottle onto a small piece of food on a white plate. On the right, a white plastic tray of assorted cakes and pastries sits on a manicured green hedge.
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Benjamin Schmuck and Helmo: Itineraries of Contemporary Cuisine
Photography Benjamin Schmuck

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Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

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