Design Boss
Lately I have been watching reality TV way too much. That feeling of exhaustion that hits you, you start doing things that you would not normally do. Well that’s me and reality TV. I personally don’t mind it much as it lets me escape from my weird world and into the unrealistic ‘reality world’ of reality shows. Let’s leave out Survivor and The Amazing race, I honestly see entertainment in those. But the ones I’m talking about are The Kardashians, “Real” house wives (oh please) and other stuffy shows along those lines.
Wait lets get back to the reality TV show that I don’t mind and have been watching quite a bit lately, Cake boss. It follows the budding (see what I did there) lives of the Valestro family, an American Italian family that is not mafia (I know what you were thinking) but a bakery family that started business in Hoboken New York. They bakery has been in service for over a 100 years. The family while loud and crazy show genuine human qualities which I usually don’t see in reality TV shows. Though not the best, I would recommend it for all.
Though I have no interest in studying interior design something caught my eye in one of the episodes. The episode was about how “buddy’, the boss, was expanding the family business and opening another bakery. When constructing the bakery, the bakery was painted in distinguished colours of reds and whites. Which I noticed where in the original shop and within the kitchen as well. I researched, as on does, what the meaning of the colours were. Which gave me a surprising fact. In terms of interior design, colours effect human emotions. The space you have is important to collate with business of the spaces. Reds are said to make people hungry and interested in a bite to eat. White complements this by toning done the sense of hunger to one of desire therefore making pastries appealing in this space.
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That’s cool right? Had I known this then I would have known why I felt so hungry after watching episodes of the cake boss.
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By Simangaliso Mzamo
