Two exhibitions at the Palais de la découverte through to May 09, encouraging us to rediscover the sense of smell, and revel in our ability to recognise thousands of odours!
The 90 odours revolve around three main themes:
1. I eat with my nose – the impact of smell on food
2. Perfumery – creating new smells
3. I feel with my brain – linking smell with other senses, memory and emotions
See here for details
Opening today
From Tait Mail, produced by ArtsIndustry.co.uk:
To the launch of the animatronic dinosaurs that will be stalking the arenas of this land this summer, and very scarily lifelike they are as they charge about the O2 roaring and emitting nostril steam at a press corps struggling to maintain its cynicism. The Creature Technology Company, who’ve already had a hit with it in Australia and US, are undoubtedly going to do it again here, but lurking in the gloom… is the Natural History Museum. Not, it turns out, a palaeontologist checking for anatomical accuracy, but the business development manager, Adam Sanders. It’s not many years since museums saw theme parks as the bitter enemy, siphoning off heritage’s dwindling visitors, but they’re batting on the same side now. The NHM is interested, not so much for what they might be able to do in South Ken – not really the space – but for commissions they have for presentations in the Middle East, a very vital source of income these days.
The ultimate shop in a box, from the new Mondrian Hotel, Miami…
How to use storefronts and high traffic spots to striking effect?
Diesel’s new New York store on 5th Avenue launched with ‘Five on Fifth’ store openings, staging dinner parties featuring famous New Yorkers.
This comes fresh on the heels of the UK’s Selfridge’s living storefronts, where three of its most prominent windows have been convered into permanent galleries – plus the Photographer’s Gallery meets Liberty. Need we also mention the work Colette’s been up to recently?
Our recent trip up to Glasgow introduced us to the fantastic collaboration between The Lighthouse and world-class furniture manufacturer Vitra. Since 1950 Vitra has been making the only European authorised original pieces of 20th century classics by famous designers including Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Jean Prouvé, Verner Panton and Isamu Noguchi. Vitra continues to innovate with contemporary designs by Maarten Van Severen, Jasper Morrison, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Hella Jongerius and other leading designers.
Curation of products in The Lighthouse Shop is second-to-none, featuring culture and design brands such as Marimekko and Timorous Beasties. Beyond this, however, the additional Vitra Showroom offers a full range of furniture in this very heart of “Scotland’s Centre for Architecture, Design and the City”. Then comes the Vitra Conference Suite, whose minimalist surroundings are matched with designer seating from the company.
Definitely worth a visit next time you’re in town.
The first of our monthly Radar briefings in Arts Industry magazine kicked off with CultureLabel co-founder and former BMW Group trend-scout, Florian Wupperfeld, voyaging into his Favourites folder to profile blogs worth watching to help keep ahead of consumer trends.
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