Panic is almost the characteristic smell of the city streets in New York. - paraphrasing – JEAN BAUDRILLARD
Tag Archives: urban smellscape
Scent Culture Initiative: Exploring scentscape of Zurich WCs
The City of Zurich operates 107 public bathrooms and restrooms. Scent Culture Initiative explored the scentscape of selected facilities. Using a semi-structured questionnaire a number of restrooms were identified as outstanding and hence labelled as “approved by scentculture”. Continue reading Scent Culture Initiative: Exploring scentscape of Zurich WCs
Experiencing Bern via a Perfumed Scent Walk
The City of Bern, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is truly a picturesque place. But it is also a city full of fascinating stories of de- and re-odorization. Continue reading Experiencing Bern via a Perfumed Scent Walk
The Smell of Beirut
It’s seems the Arab Spring has finally reached Lebanon, and its trigger and slogan have been decidedly olfactory: #YouStink Continue reading The Smell of Beirut
Smells of summer
Given the higher temperatures the summer is the season of smells. Kate Taylor explored New York City with here nose – the report was published in the New York Times. Continue reading Smells of summer
Urban Scent Walk in Shanghai
In the context of the Y Think Tank at Tongji University in Shanghai, this workshop provided the opportunity to experience the ephemeral materiality of scents and smells and to reflect of its cultural and economic relevance. Continue reading Urban Scent Walk in Shanghai
Mapping your city’s smells
Data scientists at the University of Cambridge explore how urban odors can guide better city design. Continue reading Mapping your city’s smells
Olfactory spaces: Smell in design education
On the 19th of September, Claus Noppeney and Ashraf Osman of SCI conducted a class for the Signaletik CAS program (context building), part of the Signaletik MAS (Environmental Information Design) at the Bern University of the Arts, under the supervision of Jimmy Schmid. Continue reading Olfactory spaces: Smell in design education