by Nicola | Jun 18, 2014 | Smellscapes, Uncategorized
The first telegraph sent across the Atlantic, on 16 August, 1858, read: “Glory to God in the highest; on earth, peace and good will toward men.” The contents of the first transatlantic telephone call, placed by AT&T President Walter S. Gifford on 7... 
by Nicola | Apr 8, 2013 | Smellscapes, Uncategorized
As most readers of Edible Geography will know, smell makes up to ninety percent of what we perceive as flavour, primarily through a process known as retronasal olfaction, in which odour molecules travel from the mouth to the nose via the throat as we eat. In other... by Nicola | Jan 6, 2012 | Smellscapes
IMAGE: Smell Edinburgh by Kate McLean (view larger) Victoria Henshaw, whose own urban smell research formed the subject of my last post, recently introduced me to Edinburgh-based designer Kate McLean’s Sensory Maps series. Since moving to the city two years ago,... 
by Nicola | Jan 3, 2012 | Interviews, Smellscapes, Uncategorized
IMAGE: Victoria Henshaw’s Sheffield smell walk, mapped. Regular Edible Geography readers will know that smellscapes are a recurring subplot of this blog — a diversion that I justify on the basis that roughly ninety percent of what we perceive as taste is... 
by Nicola | Sep 22, 2010 | Smellscapes, Uncategorized
IMAGE: Artist Liz Hickok is gelatin-mapping Manhattan’s skyline for “You Are Here.” Katherine Harmon loves maps, and is the author of two gorgeous books that collect unexpected and idiosyncratic applications of the cartographer’s craft — You... 
by Nicola | Jun 22, 2010 | Postopolis! DF, Smellscapes, Uncategorized
IMAGE: Still from Talking Nose video. All images courtesy Sissel Tolaas, unless otherwise credited. Artist Sissel Tolaas was one of the people I most wanted to speak at Postopolis! DF, having seen her discussing smell as design in New York earlier this year. Although...