e.Scent Device: Scent Whisper and Fontenay Aux Roses Bag

My collection comprises three ‘wearable technology’ prototypes.

As a researcher working in the field of ‘Sensory Design’ my research has been influenced by my work in the healthcare sector, my research has proved that it is possible to deliver scent, by fusing emerging technologies with perfumery, to create a new level of experience and ‘well-being’, via a system that came from the scientific and creative disciplines and philosophies of thought, and where high-risk was involved. The study identified a new method of aroma delivery, by embedding microfluidics into ‘responsive’ jewellery, to benefit health through olfaction stimulation of the autonomic nervous system.

The jewellery explored delivery issues around the defence mechanism in bombardier beetles, providing a novel communication system to wirelessly send a scented message. Further prototypes included the ‘FontenayAuxRoses’ bag.

My research has drawn reference from digital fragrancing, entomology, wireless communications, interaction design and chemistry and has made a significant contribution to the field of scent delivery in wearable technology for the benefit of well-being.

Jenny Tillotson

Research Interests

Applying novel ways to create fashion, textiles and interactive structures, by introducing responsive effects that changes the experience of fragrance to a more intimate communication of identity, using the olfaction as a communication tool, with a focus on the relationship between Aromachology and wellbeing.

Current Research

Interdisciplinary Sensory Designer working with our most primitive sense (olfaction). Researching a new wave of sensory systems that identifies a new method of aroma delivery, by bridging the gap between imagineering and implementation, and seeking to better understand and evaluate the opportunities for enhancing the human condition, opened up by the advancement of technology.

Senior Research Fellow at Central Saint Martins (CSM), in the field of fashion, textiles, wellbeing and sustainability, leading the ‘Scentsory Design®’ initiative, with a strong design awareness to meet peoples needs, stemming from work experience in the healthcare sector (geriatric, psychiatric care and people living with HIV and AIDS), and developing design-led wearable technologies, wireless sensor networks and microfluidic devices for fragrance delivery and therapeutic applications in emotional, functional clothing and jewellery.

Significant contributor to the field of ‘Scentsory’ design-led wearable technologies, as a new vehicle for the delivery of treatment from psychological conditions, but also to help understand our emotions (75% of the emotions that we generate on a daily basis are affected by smell) and the art behind the science.

Leadership experience at the cutting edge of aroma and healthcare, by converging emerging technologies with the ancient art of perfumery, to create a new sustainable platform that breaks the tradition of fragrance delivery (via precisely metered responsive fragrance and targeted delivery and release which replaces the relatively crude, unmetered technology of the twentieth century).

Fashion communicator combining applied theories about human wellbeing with multi-sensory design, to create experimental strategies to improve self and social confidence for individuals suffering from depressive illnesses. The range of methodologies employed extend beyond the academic realm of fashion and design, to areas such as neuroscience, gerontology, human sensory systems and affective states, psychiatry, entomology, wireless communications, chemistry and the growing trend of Complementary Medicine (CAM).

Ben Hughes

Research Interests

Product design/development, concept, image and its relationship to function. Design against crime, anti-theft bag prototypes. As a director of DTG (Design Transformation Group) I have instigated, designed, curated + organised several events incuding workshops, conference papers, exhibitions. Forthcoming events under the "claystation" series include the Jerwood prize "My Chair" at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, July 2005, Designersblock Frankfurt August 2005, Block Architecture Festival at the Lighthouse, Glasgow October 2005 and Designersblock, London September 2005.

Current Research

All the research is incorporated into the development and design of the cited projects. These have primarily been large commercial products which have involved the development of concept, image and its relation ship to function. The most recent research and product development has been undertaken in the context of the 'Design Against Crime' project in this case applied to the design of a anti-theft bag concepts and prototypes. The results of this research have been exhibited in the UK and more recently in Milan.

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