Scent Culture Institute

Scent Culture Institute is a hub for projects on smelling in culture, business & society based at Bern & Zurich in Switzerland:

We offer thought leadership on the use of the senses in an increasingly experiential & aesthetic economy.
We initiate and lead cutting edge research projects at Bern University of Applied Sciences.
We are cultural producers.
We offer innovative teaching & training in world class art, design & management education programs.
We are active members of international networks: business, culture, academia.
We want to be local activists – Join us!

Scent Culture Institute was founded in 2014. We have recently fleshed out some of the guiding ideas in our contribution to Designing with Smell: Designing with Smell: Practices, Techniques and Challenges: Culturalizing scent!Â Activities of Scent Culture Institute have frequently been featured in international media.

How do you see the field?

Sensory profiling

Hunting scent bubbles

Exploring the smell scape at the University of St.Gallen

Introducing the Art and Olfaction Awards at Esxence in Milano

An independent student study

Panel with Christophe Laudemiel at UBS Arts Forum chaired by Dr. Karolina Jeftic

World Perfumery Congress

Academy of Management

How do you see the field and where are you?

Panel at Museum Tingueley

Lucas Heusser presenting his thesis

Perfume-making, scent development, Wissensduft, feedback, exhibition Bellerive — Feedback

SCI’s first logo

Scent exercises in teamwork trainings

Connecting to the artworld

Moderating

Feedback

Sensing the citiy

Initiating a debat on (non-)sense of smelly wheels

fieldwork, empirical research, ethnographic work — In the field

Translating scent in the context of project identity work

Exploring smell at workplaces

Wissenschaftskommunikation, Talk & presentation, Vermittlung — Talks & workshops

Visiting Andreas Wilhelm

Community building in Zurich

Collective sense-making

Documenting

Ich kann Dich riechen

Reaching out to the public

Scent culture workplace

Scent culture workplace

Panel at Esxcene in Milano organized with Bodo Kubartz: Barbara Herman, Rosella Caputo, Lisa Bonfatti

Let us connect!

Stay updated and browse through our presence on social media.Â If you have any questions about Scent Culture Institute or ideas you would like to discuss, please do not hesitate toÂ contact usÂ ! We are particularly interested in possible partners from other social or cultural domains. Thank you for your interest!

Thought leadership, talks, workshops, cultural production & consulting in an experiential & aesthetic economy Bern, ZÃ¼rich, Schweiz