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Smells: Olfactive dimension in designing textile architecture
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business. (ArcInTexETN)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6209-7459
2019 (English)In: ArcInTexETN / [ed] Lars Hallnäs, Borås: Högskolan i Borås, 2019, p. 72-83Chapter in book (Other academic) [Artistic work]
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A built space directs the movements in the space, as such a building is experienced in relation to body and movement. This text questions the role of smells in defining the space and movement through it in terms of spatial continuity. In a dialectic approach between the textiles and the smells, the materiality of textiles is transformative not only in its tangible and physical presence, but also in the language of textiles. Textiles as design materials in spatial design communicate through different sensory stimuli to create an aesthetic atmosphere. Such as creating soft boundaries for a space that define movement and transitions within it . When applying these textile concepts to smells, however, new meanings and forms emerge due to the experiential quality of smells that are invisible to the eyes but perceptible to the olfactory. The dynamic expressions of smells can be articulated through design variables such as patterns, layers, textures, rhythm, volume, fluidity, temporality, and boundaries. Smells could be understood as a design material and can been applied in many scales.Investigating textiles and architectural spaces as containers of smells, the design explorations examine the material as a matter and performance in relation to the body and space. While exploring olfactive interactions one focuses on tactile senses as beyond visualperception and representation. Through the sense of touch, triggered by bespoke textile objects, smells had been revealed, activated, and disseminated in a space. Performanceand movement as design methodsareused to investigate spatial continuity in relation to the smells. Through the improvisations of movement, created expressions of smells in a space bring in the conscious dynamic state of smells into being. Designing with non-visual attributes challenges traditional ways of perception andrepresentation in architecture and textile design. This research opens up the field of design within architecture, textiles and interaction design to explore further the dimension of smells firstly at a material level, nature and processes of the materials and expressions in relation to the inherent or added smells. Secondly, developing new and adapting existing methods for designing with the invisible materiality of smells. Thirdly, further investigations on the interactions with smell and body in space at different scales and including this sense in designing the digital platforms for human interactions is a proposal for new ways of living.

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Borås: Högskolan i Borås, 2019. p. 72-83
Keywords [en]
Smells, Spatial Design, Architecture, Interaction design, Textiles
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Humanities and the Arts Design
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Textiles and Fashion (Design)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-24413ISBN: 978-91-88838-36-0 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-24413DiVA, id: diva2:1509286
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ArcInTexETN
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EU, Horizon 2020, 642328Available from: 2020-12-12 Created: 2020-12-12 Last updated: 2020-12-18Bibliographically approved

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