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 …

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 …

TLC Wants Fans to Name Their New Album

Their first record in 15 years (and the first without Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes), TLC’s new album still doesn’t have a name. The iconic ’90s R&B group has decided to ask fans for help. After funding the LP on Kickstarter (and reaching a whopping $430K), Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and Tionna “T-Boz” Watkins have now suggested fans use the comments section to suggest titles. There are …