Senses

Psychophysical Identities

Micro Trends

Psychophysical Identities

A new wave of designers are exploring how familiar physical feelings can be translated into visual sensations and mood-lifting branding.

Design : Culture : Branding

Uniform makes scents of homebody lifestyles

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Uniform makes scents of homebody lifestyles

Fragrance brand Uniform is entering the home fragrance market with a line of mood-enhancing products.

Fragrance : Home : Senses

Playful perfume palettes inspired by make-up

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Playful perfume palettes inspired by make-up

Made by Me is an emerging fragrance brand offering personalisable perfumes in the format of a make-up palette.

Beauty : Fragrance : Make-up

A brain spa that engineers emotions

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A brain spa that engineers emotions

La Nostalgie du Futur is a conceptual brain spa that aims to boost the production of serotonin.

Health : Wellness : Technology

FULU makes the digital experience tactile

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FULU makes the digital experience tactile

FULU is a finger nail-mounted haptic interface for use with augmented reality (AR) experiences.

Technology : Senses : Augmented Reality

Cannes Lions 2016: Moment of calm

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Cannes Lions 2016: Moment of calm

Cannes Lions 2016 – Cyborg anthropologist Amber Case and HackerAgency global chief creative officer Haydn Sweterlitsch discussed the coming age of ...

Cannes Lions 2016 : The Internet Of Things : Hackerspace

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Prismologie

Kuwait – Prismologie is a beauty brand using colour to invite customers to buy products based on how they want to feel.

Prismologie : Colour : Emotion

Design Directions

Euphorescence

Employing chromatic stimulation, light therapy and meditative imagery, designers are creating new environments that enhance and optimise our menta...

The Optimised Self : Zoned-out Spaces : Essential Self

Interstellar sniffing

Big Ideas

Interstellar sniffing

Vernier, Switzerland – Perfumers are taking notes from the Rosetta space mission, adopting techniques used to sniff out the trail of a comet.

Givaudan : Perfumers : Rosetta Mission

Design Directions

Fragrance Lab

In a corner of Selfridges, an experiment was carried out to uncover the future of retail. The Fragrance Lab, which happened in the department st...

Fragrance Lab : Selfridges : The Future Laboratory

Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 1: Top 5 Spaces

Big Ideas

Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 1: Top 5 Spaces

The sun was shining and the pavilions were resplendent as thousands of design industry moguls explored the many districts that comprised Salone I...

Milan : Salone Internazionale Del Mobile : Convergence

The colour of music: Interactive site expresses synaesthesia

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The colour of music: Interactive site expresses synaesthesia

California – Designer Jono Brandel and music duo Lullatone wanted to create a digital expression of synaesthesia, the neurological condition w...

Synaesthesia : Senses : Convergence

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A story of Scotch: Whisky brand blends the senses

Seoul – Premium drinks brand Diageo has collaborated with Love Creative, digital design studio Universal Everything and live animation project DVEI...

Diageo : Whisky : Johnnie Walker House

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Spoonful of sugar: Tea brand brews bespoke blends

Berlin – Drinks brand 5 cups and some sugar has launched an online platform that enables customers to create their own bespoke tea blend.

Berlin : Europe : Germany

The beauty lab: A hands-on approach to wellness

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The beauty lab: A hands-on approach to wellness

Eindhoven – Design Academy Eindhoven student Nina van Bart has envisaged the future of beauty products in her graduation project, The Alchemist, on...

Cosmetics : Nina Van Bart : DAE

Micro Trends

New Foodscapes

In a culture of over-indulgence, food is no longer seen merely as sustenance, but also as a source of sensory pleasure. This has been raised to the...

AVM Curiosities : Confections : Sense

London Design Festival 2013: The Conductor

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London Design Festival 2013: The Conductor

London Design Festival 2013: The Conductor

Interactive : Senses : Sensoria

Design Directions

Kinetic Nature

The poetic properties of nature are being emulated through kinetic design.

Weather : Sound : Senses

The Scent of Space

Design Directions

The Scent of Space

Unless you have a few hundred thousand Earth dollars, euros or pounds in the bank, you may never experience the smell of space.But Dr Marek Kukula,...

Perfume : Factional : Edu-tail

Spoon-fed: Tableware for synaesthetic dining

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Spoon-fed: Tableware for synaesthetic dining

Spoon-fed: Tableware for synaesthetic dining

Design Academy Eindhoven : Utensils : Cutlery

Flight of fantasy: An e_Scape for air passengers

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Flight of fantasy: An e_Scape for air passengers

Flight of fantasy: An e_Scape for air passengers

Lichen : Sublimity : Rock

Talking shop: Retail forum explores key trends

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Talking shop: Retail forum explores key trends

Talking shop: Retail forum explores key trends

Louis Vuitton : Sensory Splurge : Sensoria

Toogood to miss: Phillip Lim pops up in London

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Toogood to miss: Phillip Lim pops up in London

Toogood to miss: Phillip Lim pops up in London

Department Store : 2012 : Retail Design

Spray-on taste: A Starck line in aerosol cuisine

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Spray-on taste: A Starck line in aerosol cuisine

Spray-on taste: A Starck line in aerosol cuisine

Food Futures : Flavors : Philippe Starck

Show rooms: Time Circus creates hotel of dreams

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Show rooms: Time Circus creates hotel of dreams

Show rooms: Time Circus creates hotel of dreams

Time Circus : AirHotel : Holt Hall

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