The 4th Space, Creativity & Organizing Workshop was devoted to the senses – in particular to the sense of smell.
Breathing in different sensory worlds
“Americans and Arabs live in different sensory worlds much of the time and do not use the same senses even to establish most of the distances maintained during conversations.” – EDWARD HALL
Fragrant wizard
“Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.” – HELEN KELLER
Scents! The Smell of Architecture
An interesting lecture series on the smell of architecture is scheduled for Basel including a contribution by Andreas Wilhelm.
Madrid MDCXXXV (1635) at Lope de Vega’s Home-Museum
Carlos Ramírez-Pantanella is a Spanish architect and artist who has recently produced Madrid MDCXXXV (1635), an olfactory installation at Lope de Vega’s Home-Museum in Madrid. The installation attempts to reconstruct the olfactory atmosphere of Spanish Golden Century.
Why Google Maps Shouldn’t Forget About Smell
Researchers find that humans can navigate through smell alone—so why are we so dependent on screens?
Atmospheric fingerprints
Human interaction includes contact with the bacterial universe of another person ejected into the air:
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.
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