BRIEFING
For our final project of year 1, we were able to choose between four different areas of interest. I’ve always been envisioning myself as an industrial designer who creates meaningful products for the end-consumer, therefore I chose the area ‘Enterprise’. All participants of this project got the task to develop, design and sell an ethical gift in the shop of the Wellcome Collection. Each gift needed to oblige to the Wellcome Trust’s ethos and take one of its three main research interests into consideration: mental health, infectious diseases and / or the intersection of climate and health. By adding “real life constraints” to this project like budgeting, quantity, limited time or materials, we got a first glimpse into working for a business or starting a business on our own.
Idea
SCENTSES is a symbiosis between visual and olfactory stimulation – realized in a combination of mobile and essential oil diffuser. It aims to bring the owner’s mind and body into perfect balance, like the mobile should be at all times. By improving well-being, SCENTSES is aligning with the Wellcome Collection’s exploration of human’s engagement with themselves and the world around them.
