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The Art And Olfaction Awards
The Art and Olfaction Awards are a non-profit award mechanism designed to celebrate excellence in international artisan, experimental and independent perfumery and olfactory art through a yearly blind-judged competition. Mission The organization states the following as its mission: "''Awarded to just four perfumes and one experimental project a year, The Art and Olfaction Award is designed to raise interest and awareness for independent and artisan perfumers - and experimental practitioners with scent - from all countries. By shining a spotlight on perfumery’s most outstanding creators, we hope to help generate support for independent practices in perfumery as a whole. The Art and Olfaction Awards are a program of The Institute for Art and Olfaction, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, USA.''" History The Art and Olfaction Awards were founded in 2013 as a program of The Institute for Art and Olfaction in Los Angeles. The first awards ceremony took p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-profit
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in contrast with an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners. A nonprofit is subject to the non-distribution constraint: any revenues that exceed expenses must be committed to the organization's purpose, not taken by private parties. An array of organizations are nonprofit, including some political organizations, schools, business associations, churches, social clubs, and consumer cooperatives. Nonprofit entities may seek approval from governments to be tax-exempt, and some may also qualify to receive tax-deductible contributions, but an entity may incorporate as a nonprofit entity without securing tax-exempt status. Key aspects of nonprofits are accountability, trustworthiness, honesty, and openness to eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertet
Robertet Group () is a French fragrance and flavor manufacturer that specializes in natural raw materials founded in 1850. Robertet is a member of the European Flavour Association. In 2021, Robertet ranked 12th on FoodTalks' Global Top 50 Food Flavours and Fragrances Companies list. Presentation The group is a publicly traded, listed on the Euronext Paris with Ticker Symbol: RBT Robertet is among the top ten developers of flavor and perfume additives and ingredients. It operates factories in Grasse, France (headquarters) Turkey, South Africa, Madagascar, New Caledonia, Brazil, China, Singapore, UK and the US, and has a presence in about 50 countries. Robertet is managed and controlled by the fourth and fifth generation of Maubert family members: Philippe Maubert ( CEO), Christophe Maubert (Head of the perfumery division), Olivier Maubert (Head of the Flavourings division), Julien Maubert (Raw Materials Director) and Arthur Le Tourneur d'Ison (ASEAN Director). The com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Turin
Luca Turin (born 20 November 1953) is a biophysicist and writer with a long-standing interest in bioelectronics, the sense of smell, perfumery, and the fragrance industry. Early life and education Turin was born in Beirut, Lebanon on 20 November 1953 into an Italian-Argentinian family, and raised in France, Italy and Switzerland. His father, Duccio Turin, was a UN diplomat and chief architect of the Palestinian refugee camps, and his mother, Adela Turin (born Mandelli), is an art historian, designer, and award-winning children's author. Turin studied Physiology and Biophysics at University College London and earned his PhD in 1978. He worked at the CNRS from 1982-1992, and served as lecturer in Biophysics at University College London from 1992-2000. Career After leaving the CNRS, Turin first held a visiting research position at the National Institutes of Health in North Carolina before moving back to London, where he became a lecturer in biophysics at University College London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister (born August 6, 1962) is an Austrian graphic designer, storyteller, and typographer based in New York City. In 1993, Sagmeister founded his company, Sagmeister Inc., to create designs for the music industry. He has designed album covers for Lou Reed, OK Go, The Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Jay Z, Aerosmith, Talking Heads, Brian Eno and Pat Metheny. From 2011 until 2019 he partnered with Jessica Walsh under the name Sagmeister & Walsh Inc. Early life and education He began his design career at the age of 15 at "Alphorn", an Austrian Youth magazine, which is named after the traditional Alpine musical instrument. Sagmeister studied graphic design at the Hochschule fuer Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, graduating in 1986. He later won a Fulbright scholarship to study at the Pratt Institute in New York, where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree. Design career In 1991, worked with Leo Burnett's Hong Kong Design Group. In 1993, he returned to New York to wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Ueda
Maki Ueda (born 1974, Tokyo) is a Japanese artist. She is currently based in Okinawa and Tokyo, Japan. Career Maki Ueda studied media art under Masaki Fujihata at The Environmental Information Department (B.A. 1997, M.A. 1999) at Keio University, Japan. Ueda is known for her work that focuses attention on fragrance with minimal influence from the other senses, and is considered an important pioneer in the medium of olfactory art. Her 'Olfactory Labyrinths' series consists of installations that must be navigated by nose alone. Thus the participant must rely on their experience of smell without other sensorial inputs. Contributing to a show called “If There Ever Was: An Exhibition of Extinct and Impossible Smells,” at the Reg Vardy Gallery in Sunderland, England in 2009, Ueda's piece “ summoned the body odor of political suspects in East Germany, carefully stored in jars by the Stasi in order to track them someday with dogs.” In 2011, Ueda was invited to be a guest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Gast
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Christy may refer to: * Christy (given name) * Christy (surname) * ''Christy'' (novel), by Catherine Marshall * Christy (towel manufacturer), a UK textile firm established in 1850 * ''Christy'' (TV series) * '' Christy: Return to Cutter Gap'', a TV movie based on the TV series * Christy Award, given annually for the best Christian novels * Christy Township, Lawrence County, Illinois, United States * 129564 Christy, an asteroid See also * Christie (other) Christie can refer to: People: * Christie (given name) * Christie (surname) * Clan Christie Other uses: * Christie's, the auction house * Christie, the Canadian division of Nabisco * Christie (TTC), subway station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xyrena
Xyrena is an Austin, Texas perfumery founded in Los Angeles specializing in cruelty-free and vegan products certified by PETA and Leaping Bunny. Xyrena describes itself as "a defiant cosmetics startup that includes the world's first celebrity-partnered on-demand perfumery". Xyrena only releases fragrances in water-free Extrait de Parfum form. History Founder Killian Wells coined the name "Xyrena" as a compound of two terms: XY for male and female chromosomes (echoed by the brand's unisex fragrances and cosmetics) and RENA, from the Latin word renascor, which means "to be renewed or reborn." The name Xyrena also means "enchanter" in Old Greek. Notable fragrances Aaliyah by Xyrena: A tribute fragrance to the late singer known as the "Princess of R&B". Launched for pre-order on September 15, 2015, Aaliyah by Xyrena was developed in collaboration with Aaliyah's brother Rashad Haughton & mother Diane Haughton. Missy Elliott supported the fragrance with a tweet. 5% of the proc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Schütze
Paul Schütze (born 1 May 1958) is an Australian artist resident in London. Over thirty years his work has spanned composition, performance, installation, video, printmaking and photography. Biography Schütze was born in Melbourne, Australia. He spent his childhood painting and drawing but left Caulfield Institute after only two months of an Arts Foundation Course to work in a factory. There he earned the money to buy his first electronic musical equipment. In 1979 he spent several months travelling and ended up in London where he immersed himself in concerts, museums and galleries. Returning to Melbourne he formed the improvising group Laughing Hands with Gordon Harvey, Ian Russell and Paul Widdicombe. The group existed in several forms until disbanding in 1982. Schütze spent the next decade writing scores for films. His first feature soundtrack, ''The Tale of Ruby Rose'' (1987), won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best original Music Score. During this period Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Tolaas
Sissel Tolaas is a Norwegian artist and researcher known for her work with smell. Sissel Tolaas was born in 1963 in Stavanger, Norway and is now based in Berlin. Tolaas has a background in chemistry, mathematics, linguistics, languages and art; she studied at the universities of Oslo, Warsaw, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Oxford. Research on smell Tolaas researches diverse aspects relating to scents. She first started researching its importance in 1990 through art and design among other fields. At that time, she developed a "smell archive" in over 7,000 airtight jars. In January 2004 Tolaas established the Smell Research Lab Berlin for smell and communication / language, supported by IFF International Flavours and Fragrances. Her research has won recognition through numerous national and international scholarships, honours, and prizes including the 2014 CEW, New York award for chemistry & innovation; 2009 Rouse Foundation Award from Harvard University Graduae School of Design; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter De Cupere
Peter de Cupere (born 1970 in Leuven, Belgium) is an olfactory artist who lives and works in Antwerp. De Cupere creates work intended to explore experiences of smelling. As part of his olfactory art practice, De Cupere explores technology. He invented the "Olfactio" in collaboration with Cartamundi. In collaboration with Gluon, Callebaut and chocolatier Patrick Mertens, he invented "Cocoa 5 Senses". Starting in 1997 and going on until 2004 he invented the first working scent piano, called OlfactianThe Aesthetics of Smelly ArtIn 2012 he invented ''The Blind Smell Stick'' and ''The Blind Smell Touch''. These smell devices let the spectators find their way or experience objects and food just by smelling. It was exhibited for the first time in the World Creativity Biennale in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. Curation As a curator, in 2015 he initiated the exhibition ″The Smell of War″, which included other prominent olfactory artists such as Maki Ueda, Clara Ursitti, Christophe Laudamie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jónsi Birgisson
Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson (; born 23 April 1975) is an Icelandic musician; he is the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He is known for his use of a cello bow on guitar and his "angelic" falsetto or countertenor voice. He is blind in his right eye from birth as a result of a broken optic nerve from the brain. He is openly gay. Apart from Sigur Rós, Jónsi also performs together with his ex-partner Alex Somers as an art collaboration called Jónsi & Alex. They released their self-titled first book in November 2006, which was an embossed hardcover limited to 1,000 copies. The two also released the album '' Riceboy Sleeps'', in July 2009. They announced their separation in 2019, after having been together for 16 years. On 1 December 2009, Jónsi's official website, jonsi.com, was launched in anticipation of his debut solo album, '' Go'', which was released on 5 April 2010. After the release of the album, Jónsi promptly star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geza Schön
Geza Schön is a German master perfumer born in Kassel and based in Berlin. He trained at Haarmann & Reimer (now Symrise) and has worked with Diesel, Ormonde Jayne, FCUK, biehl parfumkunstwerke, and Boudicca. In 2006, Schön created the brand Escentric Molecules, a perfume brand highlighting single molecules. He received the Outstanding Artist Award for Interdisciplinarity in 2016, then, in 2017, the Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent, together with Wolfgang Georgsdorf for "Osmodrama / Smeller 2.0". Creations Biehl Parfumkunstwerke * gs01 * gs02 Boudicca * Wode (2008) Clive Christian * 1872 for Men (2001) * X for Men (2001) Diesel * Diesel (1996) Escentric Molecules * Escentric 01 (2006, 2011) * Escentric 02 (2008) * Escentric 03 (2010) * Escentric 04 (2017) * Molecule 01 (2006) * Molecule 02 (2008) * Molecule 03 (2010) * Molecule 04 (2017) * Molecule 05 (2020) FCUK * Eau de FCUK (1999) Feminista * Feminista (2017) Ormonde Jayne Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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