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30 Unique Pasta Designs By This Chef That Went Viral On Social Media

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It’s hard for many of us to imagine better comfort food than pasta. Now imagine devouring a noodle that rather looks like a work of art. Chef David Rivillo is offering exactly that - the pasta he makes seems too beautiful to eat and has earned him almost 40K followers on Instagram.

“Although I have eaten pasta all my life, I started working with fresh pasta in 2016 when I started my professional culinary studies in Porto Alegre,” David told Bored Panda. “Since then, I got my first pasta machine and never bought pasta again in the supermarket.”

Scroll down to see 50 incredible creations by the master of pasta.

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Rusti Gardina 2 years ago

How does he do this???

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Marcellus II 2 years ago (edited)

Variations on Millefiori technique --- which you normally do on glass, or some other paste like FIMO-type PVC clay. (And the italian word for "paste" is... "pasta".) EDIT: I was refering to the "cells" like here, for the simpler striped ones google "MAKE STRIPED PASTA" and you get a lot of matches like youtube videos etc.

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Layla Corman 2 years ago

It is so perfect! And beautiful! 😍🤤

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Randolph Croft 2 years ago

Goddamn it. Pasta is ruined for me now. It will never be this good.

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2 years ago

I'd love it too much to eat it.

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Melissa Morse Tolentino-Potter 2 years ago

Pretty

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“Everything started in 2019. I was already experimenting with colors in pasta when I made my first design to pay tribute to Carlos Cruz Diez. He is my favorite artist, and he has recently passed away. I reproduced the Cromointerferencia de color aditivo, an artwork he created for the Simón Bolívar International Airport, one of the most representative artworks for all Venezuelans. Since then, my mind has never stopped thinking about it and how to get different designs and patterns,” David told us.

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago (edited)

This looks nothing like pasta. I have some ribbon in my ribbon box that looks almost identical, but it's blue. It's amazing! I would like to know what is making it sparkly.

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Layla Corman 2 years ago

That looks DELICIOUS! 🤤🤤🤤

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When asked about his inspirations, David replied: “My inspiration comes from everywhere: nature, any artwork, architecture, textile, and fashion designs. I’m constantly thinking about making any design that looks interesting into pasta. Before the pandemic in 2019, I had some ideas in mind and did some minor stuff, but I didn't have the time to develop those ideas entirely because of my work. It was just in the pandemic, throughout the lockdown, when everything started to take off.”

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Moira Hickman 2 years ago

In-Effin-Credible!! 💖

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leia's emotional cupcake 2 years ago

these look so... amazing, beautiful, baffling... so much in a piece of pasta!! Amazing work from the chef!

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“There isn't much information or courses available to learn about pasta design or colored pasta. So I knew that if I wanted to make better and different designs keeping the structure and the colors of the design before and after cooking, I had to make my research study. So I studied the science behind every ingredient involved in pasta, including the natural colors, to get the quality that I'm getting now,” David told us about his learning process. “My research skills and knowledge in chemistry and food science helped me throughout the process. All of them were crucial in the development of all the techniques.”

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Aurora C. 2 years ago

Ok I love this

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

Perfect. I've never seen pasta so perfect.

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The talented chef says he will never be fully satisfied with the level of his creations: “There is so much to accomplish in pasta design. It is just the beginning of something great, at least for me. When you are genuinely interested in something, you never stop learning. I never thought that I would do what I'm doing now. It wasn't easy, but everything that I have achieved so far is a result of hard work, tons of patience, a lot of constancy in everything I do.”

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Rusti Gardina 2 years ago

Yeah, this looks like something Beatlejuice would eat

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

That he can put two ribbons of pasta together, and marry them perfectly without distorting either of them is miraculous.

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Layla Corman 2 years ago

Looks exactly like stained glass!

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Rusti Gardina 2 years ago

I'd take this over a piece of candy every day of the week

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I wonder if these are cheese or spinach tortellini... either way, they're beautiful.

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Rusti Gardina 2 years ago

Perfect

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I would love to watch him make these.

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Gaby Almodovar 2 years ago

I don't know, but blue color just doesn't look okay for me in food. Especially the bright blue shade.

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

How does he get the stripes so perfect? I couldn't do this with paper and ink.

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The Truth Behind The Myth Luna Lightning 2 years ago

RAINBOW RAVIOLI!!!

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Sherri Stokes 2 years ago

A Movie reel in disguise

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Rusti Gardina 2 years ago

This looks like something from the ocean

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

Snakes again!

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I wonder if these are really edible. This looks like it's buttered!

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Inna Te'o 2 years ago

Wearfalle

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Tambot 2 years ago

Looks like a wrapper for a sandwich from a cafe

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Sherri Stokes 2 years ago

I can't even...... so precisely designed

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I wonder if any of these are cooked, or if they are raw pasta dough

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Rusti Gardina 2 years ago

Sea snails

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TheHappyBookCat 2 years ago

Great, now I'm hungry.

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

These look like candies.

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Mistralok 2 years ago (edited)

I was a Chef for over 45 years and consider myself the best of the best of the best of anything culinary, but I could not come remotely close to this.

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago (edited)

I wonder if these can be purchased ...and if I could bring myself to eat them. This would be perfect for a NYE dinner, because they're so elegant. I won't create an Instagram account so I can't get more information.

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MOONIE 2 years ago

it looks like a butt

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

The ends are cut so cleanly... must have really good tools and a very steady hand.

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

Imagine a lasagna made with these and bechamel.

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MOONIE 2 years ago

limited edition fruit roll up

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Rusti Gardina 2 years ago

Pixie bonnets!

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TheHappyBookCat 2 years ago

Gorgeous.

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

Wow. Beautiful.

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Rusti Gardina 2 years ago

Nope, don't like the snakes. I think I'd be anxious if these were served to me!

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Marty Sunderland 2 years ago

Wow, I'll take that!

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Jessi Carroll 2 years ago

Looks like seaweed

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I couldn't bring myself to dunk them in sauce!

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Florida, but without the beach 2 years ago

If this man isn’t making a ton of money with these, he’s doing something wrong, and it isn’t the pasta

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

These are all very beautifully made, and while not all of them look exactly appetizing (some colors work better than others for me) the work and time that went into them is obvious. I wish there was a website, because the only way to get prices is thru Instagram, or maybe TikTok.

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c s 2 years ago

Wow! That must take a lot of time and effort. I wonder how he colors the dough.

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BorPand8 2 years ago

Hopefully with squash, spinach, squid ink, hibiscus, that sort of thing.

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

I have three comments. 1/ Wow, how amazingly beautiful. 2/ I cannot imagine the patience required. 3/ I'm really hungry now.

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pebs 2 years ago

This pasta is very nice looking, but to me, in the majority, it's not appetizing.

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Aurora C. 2 years ago

Its really cool But a lot of it I’m not sure I would eat.

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april jenkins 2 years ago

i just can't. lol

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Noa S 2 years ago

We thank The Flying Spaghetti Monster ! R'amen !

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Why?

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Glirpy 2 years ago

Perhaps "viral" isn't the best choice of words nowadays?

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Alaina Dopico 2 years ago

Hey! Long time reader, dirt time commenter. Just wanted to send some love & support to the journalist at Bored Panda. Im a creative writing major & a bored panda. I just admire these articles and this gig. They're hilarious and moving. And we'll thought out and executed. Really incredible writers. I lol all the time and get teary eyed.

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Virtually Fabulous 2 years ago

I'm hungry again

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𝕥𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥 2 years ago

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Chloe 2 years ago

for some reason the colourful designs give me hunger games vibes, something that the capitol citizens would eat

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Jef Bateman 2 years ago

If I ever made anything that looks this good I would want it in a museum, not in somebody's digestive tract.

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Quinn Alexander 2 years ago

Oh boy, I always wanted to eat lead-based 1960s wallpaper peelings Seriously though these are great, what a madman

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

These are all very beautifully made, and while not all of them look exactly appetizing (some colors work better than others for me) the work and time that went into them is obvious. I wish there was a website, because the only way to get prices is thru Instagram, or maybe TikTok.

11points

c s 2 years ago

Wow! That must take a lot of time and effort. I wonder how he colors the dough.

8points

BorPand8 2 years ago

Hopefully with squash, spinach, squid ink, hibiscus, that sort of thing.

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

I have three comments. 1/ Wow, how amazingly beautiful. 2/ I cannot imagine the patience required. 3/ I'm really hungry now.

5points

pebs 2 years ago

This pasta is very nice looking, but to me, in the majority, it's not appetizing.

3points

Aurora C. 2 years ago

Its really cool But a lot of it I’m not sure I would eat.

3points

april jenkins 2 years ago

i just can't. lol

3points

Noa S 2 years ago

We thank The Flying Spaghetti Monster ! R'amen !

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Why?

2points

Glirpy 2 years ago

Perhaps "viral" isn't the best choice of words nowadays?

1point

Alaina Dopico 2 years ago

Hey! Long time reader, dirt time commenter. Just wanted to send some love & support to the journalist at Bored Panda. Im a creative writing major & a bored panda. I just admire these articles and this gig. They're hilarious and moving. And we'll thought out and executed. Really incredible writers. I lol all the time and get teary eyed.

1point

Virtually Fabulous 2 years ago

I'm hungry again

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𝕥𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥 2 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

1point

Chloe 2 years ago

for some reason the colourful designs give me hunger games vibes, something that the capitol citizens would eat

0points

Jef Bateman 2 years ago

If I ever made anything that looks this good I would want it in a museum, not in somebody's digestive tract.

0points

Quinn Alexander 2 years ago

Oh boy, I always wanted to eat lead-based 1960s wallpaper peelings Seriously though these are great, what a madman

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