Pop-up musical fashion book, BA (hons) Degree Show, Central Saint Martins

“The origin of my work is inspired by visiting Japan in 1990 where I became interested in the senses, in particular smell and touch (‘massage‘ chairs and aromatherapy massage) Around the same time I began experimenting with paper engineering and microchips found in greeting cards.

For my final CSM degree show (1991) in Fashion Communication I designed “Wonder”, a 3-Dimensional multi-sensory pop-up book, with integrated microchips using sound, light, colour and texture.

However something more emotional was missing which was ‘smell’. I was unable to demonstrate smell in a similar electronic format and found scratch n’ sniff the only available medium.

After working as a fashion stylist for three years I went to the Royal College of Art to study for an Mphil ‘Surface Design Of The Senses”. I began researching kinetic structures for ‘massage clothing’ followed by new methods of aroma delivery in fabric so after one year I upgraded to a PhD “Interactive Olfactory Surfaces”

Click here to see some Wonder Book slides.