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Could Fragrance Make the Built Environment Safer?

Published 9 years ago by Allie | no responses

Because our sense of smell is linked to the limbic system of the brain, certain fragrances can amplify feelings and memories. Scent therefore exerts an important influence on our mood whether we are at home, ...

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Tactility Factory at Material Xperience

Published 9 years ago by Allie | no responses

Tactility Factory is an innovative, award winning company initiated by the collaborative practice of Trish Belford (textiles) and Ruth Morrow (architecture) in 2005. Tactility Factory brings textile thinking and technologies to concrete manufacturing. It expands ...

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Jeanne Dekkers: Sense & Care at Material Xperience

Published 9 years ago by Allie | no responses

Jeanne Dekkers will be at Material Xperience 2015 on Friday, February 13 @ 14:00 to lecture about the results of Sense & Care: a platform for research that is part of Jeanne Dekkers Architecture. This ...

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Julian Schwarze and Martin Pohlmann: Touching Light With Light Skin

Published 9 years ago by Allie | no responses

On Thursday, 12 February 2015 @ 13:00-13:45, Julian Schwarze and Martin Pohlmann will be present at Material Xperience 2015 to deliver a lecture about their material innovation Light Skin. Light Skin is the vision of ...

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Designing With Our Five Senses: Sound

Published 9 years ago by Allie | no responses

Today we are looking at our final sense in our series about the influence of The Five Senses on our built environment. So far we’ve looked at Sight, Smell, Touch and Taste. Today’s sense is Sound. ...

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Designing with our Five Senses: Smell

Published 9 years ago by Allie | one response

As part of our Material Xperience theme exploring the ‘Five Senses’ in design, we’ve looked so far at sight, touch and taste. Today we are unravelling sense of smell. This is one of the most fun ...

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