Laurin - Scented mobile for babies
Lara Ellen Guttieres
Student
Lara Ellen Guttieres Academic staff
Klaus Hackl Ingrid Kofler Ignacio Merino SanchezFayos Course
Unveiling Scents. Designing With, Through, and For Smell. Program
BA Major Design Semester
2024/25 SS Laurin is a mobile for cribs that emits scent through its hanging birch disks—which can be soaked with essential oils—and spherical cotton bags, which can be filled with dried herbs and flowers. Thanks to its lightweight design, the mobile turns gently, providing visual stimulation for the child while dispersing the fragrance throughout the nursery.
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A project made in the course
Unveiling Scents. Designing With, Through, and For Smell.
While visual, acoustic, and tactile impressions often take center stage in design education, olfactory perception has received relatively little attention in design practice. Yet, most of our experiences are accompanied by a scent, even if we are not consciously aware of it. Among all our senses, none is as deeply connected to personal memories, and emotions - both positive and negative - as the sense of smell. Shouldn’t this dimension receive at least as much focus and appreciation in design education as the more established media of contemporary design?
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