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New York smell

Panic is almost the characteristic smell of the city streets in New York.  –  paraphrasing – JEAN BAUDRILLARD

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Posted on 26/03/202006/04/2020 DICTUM

Scent Culture Initiative: Exploring scentscape of Zurich WCs

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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”. 

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Posted on 17/09/201823/12/2018 EventsScent Culture Inititiave

Experiencing Bern via a Perfumed Scent Walk

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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.

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Posted on 01/11/201501/09/2018 Scent Culture News

The Smell of Beirut

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It’s seems the Arab Spring has finally reached Lebanon, and its trigger and slogan have been decidedly olfactory: #YouStink

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Posted on 23/08/201502/10/2018 Scent Culture News

Smells of summer

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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.

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Posted on 21/08/201501/09/2018 Scent Culture News

Urban Scent Walk in Shanghai

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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.

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Posted on 04/07/201511/10/2018 Academic outputCultural production

Mapping your city’s smells

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Data scientists at the University of Cambridge explore how urban odors can guide better city design.

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Posted on 09/06/201501/09/2018 Scent Culture News

Olfactory spaces: Smell in design education

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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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Posted on 17/11/201401/09/2018 Cultural productionScent Culture education
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