Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Crochet-covered streets, "water world" planets, scent-recognizing devices and more from around the web

ONE School’s Fall Semester 2021 Applications Open Founded by Oriel Davis-Lyons (who has worked at Spotify, R/GA and Droga5) and The One Club for Creativity, ONE School provides free portfolio courses for Black creatives. They’re taking applications for the fall 2021 semester (two nights a week for 16 weeks) during which students—who don’t need any advertising experience—will be given 10 briefs, taught by some of …

Koniku’s Scent-Detecting Device

An “iridescent purple nipple the size of a steering wheel” could be the answer to one of biotech’s trickiest problems: creating a device that successfully detects and recognizes odors. Koniku, founded and helmed by Osh Agabi, creates neurotechnology devices; one of their products is the aforementioned “purple nipple,” known as the Konikore. Within the device, living nerve cells are “suspended inside a proprietary solution designed …

Aqua Viridi Fragrance

SIGIL’s newest fragrance, Aqua Viridi, combines powerful scents that work in harmony, despite their strong individual attributes. With kunzea (a plant boasting a fresh, clean scent) to seaweed (offering a salty, marine element), petitgrain (providing sparkling, zesty citrus) and more, Aqua Viridi is both refreshing and rich. The perfume is made from natural ingredients (the alcohol is derived from organic cane sugar) and this balanced …