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Food & Drink

Scented food: Fork emits aromas for flavours to savour

Montreal – AromaFork lets users add smells to every forkful to create a new tasting experience.

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Luxury

Tactile Hardware

Designers are exploring the softer side of technology by using tactile, raw and primitive materials and finishes to produce electronics items.

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Europe

Mix methods: Perfume installation celebrates ritual

Antwerp – Belgian design studio Unfold works with 3D ceramic printing, while perfumer Barnabé Fillion creates small-batch scents. Together, in a collaboration for Maison et Objet, the two created The Peddler, an olfactory installation in which Fillion’s perfume was distilled and diffused through specially crafted 3D-printed vessels.

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Marketing & Branding

Luxe Pack Monaco 2013: Overview

The show, in its 26th year, attracted about 400 exhibitors from a wide range of sectors, including fragrances, cosmetics, wines and spirits, and fine foods.

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Design

Dutch Design Week 2013 review

There was an energetic mood at this year’s Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, where the spirit of collaboration and new opportunities were hard to miss around the city.

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Food & Drink

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 level of art in Michelin-starred restaurants around the world. Now food designers are harnessing edible treats as the latest way to entice consumers and challenge how they interact with food.

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Beauty

Hypersensoria

As technology and screen-based interaction pervade our lives, designers are creating new products for the home that appeal to our heightened interest in tactile and sensorial stimuli.