There is an increasing interest in olfaction, scent, smell and perfume in major design schools. Here is another great example from London. Continue reading Design With Scents |Â London College of Fashion
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Design With Scents |Â London College of Fashion
6/10 July 2015
Our Design With Scents workshop is at the London College of Fashion this
year. Join us in the heart of London, at LCF High Holborn campus, for
our week-long scent marathon!
See programme and book on our stunning new website
The smell of the moon
The smell of the moon has been a recurring topic in popular as well as academic science. Following their expedition astronauts described the smell of the moon. MOON, Scratch and Sniff is commissioned by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and was launched there as part of an event on olfactory art in September 2010. Continue reading The smell of the moon
MOON, Scratch and Sniff
is commissioned by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and was launched there as part of an event on olfactory art in September 2010.
The print is a forerunner for the installation ENTER AT OWN RISK, commissioned by The Arts Catalyst and FACT.
Prints available now from Edinburgh Printmakers, and the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh from December 2010.
Curated by Caro Verbeek
Smell York
Smell is the stronger of the senses and the one associated with forming the strongest memories!
Have you smelled the world’s first scented guide? Smell the scents of York; from ghosts to chocolate, in our new limited edition scented guide – the world’s first ever scented city guidebook has gone on sale today.Â
Scratch & sniff in city marketing
Scratch-and-sniff stickers became popular in the late 1970s. Since then they have been used in different contexts. In these days, the British city York uses microencapsulated city smelly to promote the city as a tourist destination. Continue reading Scratch & sniff in city marketing
What Did Qaddafi’s Death Smell Like? – The New Yorker
Last Friday, at the second annual Art and Olfaction Awards, in Los Angeles, four of the evening’s five Golden Pears went to traditional fragrances… The real excitement, however, lay in the Sadakichi Award for Experimental Use of Scent, which was new to the event this year.Â
New Yorker features experimental scent
Last Friday, at the second annual Art and Olfaction Awards, in Los Angeles, four of the evening’s five Golden Pears went to traditional fragrances… The real excitement, however, lay in the Sadakichi Award for Experimental Use of Scent, which was new to the event this year. Continue reading New Yorker features experimental scent
Strange power of olfactory art
Discussing the work of Peter de Cupere the New York Times notes “the strange power of olfactory art”. Continue reading Strange power of olfactory art
Art for the Knowing Nose – NYTimes.com
“Mr. De Cupere makes art that stinks. Sewage, sweat, rotten fish, cigarettes, urinal cakes. But also grass, toothpaste, candy, flowers and soap. All have figured prominently in the installations, paintings, perfumes, performances and even an iPad app of this provocateur. He is just one of several contemporary artists using odor to create art that delivers an intensely personal, emotional and sometimes physical experience.â€