Category Archives: SCI research

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Materializing the Immaterial

 The article Materializing the Immaterial by Nada Endrissat & Claus Noppeney captures central insights of our research on perfume-making. It outlines how the question of materializing the immaterial is approached by the creative director and the two perfumers.

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Let’s talk about smell – how leaders can face this delicate challenge

If you want to be a good leader you have to learn how to talk about smell. But why? This post covers some recent work on coping with smell in leadership. Continue reading Let’s talk about smell – how leaders can face this delicate challenge

HKB Zeitung: Mit der Nase in die Kunst

Die Kunst setzt an, ein unbekanntes Terrain zu betreten. Das Feld riecht und markiert einen künstlerischen Anfang: Kunst, die den Riechsinn bedient.

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Video trailer: Have a look!

This post introduces a video trailer that presents a few snapshots of the research project Wissensduft. Continue reading Video trailer: Have a look!

“The Making of Wissensduft”: Research Portrayed in Magazine by Swiss National Science Foundation

An article published in “Horizons – the Swiss magazine for scientific research” tells the “making of” story of the initial research project “Wissensduft”: Continue reading “The Making of Wissensduft”: Research Portrayed in Magazine by Swiss National Science Foundation

ODE: Scent inspired stories!

Artistic research is an increasingly popular term to conceptualize research activities in the world of art & design universities. The concept highlights the epistemic aspects of artistic practices. Accordingly, certain artistic practices are driven by questions and aim at generating knowledge. Iconic cases from art & design history (e.g. Bauhaus) show that at least some artistic practices have been related to knowledge practices througout history. Thus, it might even be more a matter of terminology and explicit framing of that is a more recent phenomenon. Continue reading ODE: Scent inspired stories!