"This book provides a step-by-step framework for professionals and students to integrate smells into their spatial practices. The design framework is suitable for any art and design professional engaging this intangible dimension of space in practice andeducation. Drawn from case studies and theories in olfactory art and narrative architecture, the book offers a design framework to bring smell narratives into the creation of spatial concepts and designs. Smells are conceptualised as spatial design materials and it shifts the paradigm of smells from the intangible to the tangible with new concepts of "scentability", "scentography" and "scentonics". It brings examples and conversations of scented materials and scenting technologies from artistic practice and vernacular knowledge to the construction and design of architectural spaces. Focused on providing the reader with practical advice, it includes case studies from international events, curations, artistic installations and interior and landscape designin Eastern Asia, Europe, US and Canada. With this book, the author extends the discourse of designing with smells and shows how it can be practical and possible for spatial designers in interior architecture and design, architecture, stage design, situated practice, art practice, curation, event design and management"-- Provided by publisher.
This book explores the overlooked role of smell in architecture, design, and urban life, positioning olfaction as a powerful medium for shaping place, atmosphere, and experience. The book situates smellscape ecology within climate change and inclusive, life-centred design, introducing “olfactory diversity” as a guiding principle.
This book explores the overlooked role of smell in architecture, design, and urban life, positioning olfaction as a powerful medium for shaping place, atmosphere, and experience. Beginning with the concept of the “scentsphere,” it establishes how smells carry cultural memory, therapeutic potential, and behavioural influence, reframing them as active agents in how environments are felt and understood. Building on this foundation, the text introduces a framework for creating smell-spatial narratives, a step-by-step manifesto for creatives to integrate smells into their spatial practices.
Smells are conceptualised as spatial design materials and it shifts the paradigm of smells from the intangible to the tangible with new concepts of “scentability,” “scentography,” and “scentonics.” Case studies from art, architecture, and urban design illustrate practical interventions, from scented materials to landscapes and devices, showing how olfactory design operates across scales and durations. Concluding with a futurist outlook, the book situates smellscape ecology within climate change and inclusive, life-centred design, introducing “olfactory diversity” as a guiding principle.
This book is essential reading for spatial designers in interior architecture and design, architecture, stage design, situated practice, art practice, curation, event design and management.
