Tag Archives: typography

Sensory typography: How does your letter smell?

Graphic designer Sarah Hyndman thinks that the shape of a letter can impact the way stuff tastes, smells, and sounds. To her, typefaces are multi-sensory experiences that affect the way we interact with the world around us. Continue reading Sensory typography: How does your letter smell?

Smelly typography

Can letters smell? How can typography smell? This school project experiments with smelly materials – in this case onions. Interestingly, there is even an economic layer of meaning: Apparently, onions are expensive in India!

Sneha Keshav: “An experimental type done as a school project. Seems apt right now, given the sky-rocketing cost of onions in India!” Found on www.behance.net.

Thank you Sneha Keshav!

Source: https://www.behance.net/gallery/10602245/Experimental-Typography

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Volatile!: A Poetry and Scent Exhibition

What if every poem had its own fragrance, beyond the literal smell of the materiality of the page? What if one could smell a poet’s imaginative, conceptual, intellectual world, the text unfurling into an aroma? In Volatile!, curator and design historian Debra Riley Parr presents a number of objects and experiences that invite speculative connections between poetry and scent including our friend & collaborator Brian Goeltzenleuchter. Continue reading Volatile!: A Poetry and Scent Exhibition