Redesigning Sausages

With the concept of sausage as her vessel, ECAL alum and designer Carolien Niebling presented reduced meat creations during the recent Milan Design Week, in an effort to draw attention to the dangers of vast meat consumption. Niebling refers to sausage as the oldest designed food, and explains that all materials involved have been selected for form and function. Using traditional sausage-making techniques, the designer …

Romain Dauriac + Jenny Mushkin Goldman’s “Singular Object” Exhibition

Dustin Yellin, Jenny Holzer, Ivan Navarro and more in the gallery for Jean Nouvel's 53W53

One can only imagine how daunting a feat it would be to select art for star architect Jean Nouvel or one of his projects. Even more daunting, perhaps, would be hosting an art exhibition in the gallery for 53W53—Nouvel’s glorious new spire rising 1,050 feet directly on the MoMA campus. 53W53, casually referred to as the MoMA Tower, isn’t an ordinary luxury residence. Its exterior …

Scent Detectives Define the Smell of Old Books

You know the sensation of pressing your nose into an antique book or walking through a historic library. But we’ve long struggled with the exact adjectives to describe these scents. Thankfully, two University of London researchers have developed guidelines for describing these characteristics through chemical analysis of volatile organic compounds. To translate this academic approach to the sensory world, the team partnered with visitors of …