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Saving the smell of Rome

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

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The workOlfactory Echoes (Lucrezia Alesandroni), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nl

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Images, slide by slide

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A small glass scent bottle with pink liquid standing on moss in dim green lightPhoto: Gabriella CodastefanoMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
A person in profile smells a paper strip over a lit table of Petri dishes, beakers and a small amber bottlePhoto: Marcella MenozziMuseum or journal record
Slide 3
Diagram of three steps: a smell at risk in Rome, living microbial cultures, an archive of smellscapesImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Lucrezia Alesandroni, press kit 3149
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Diagram of four steps: breathe in, the olfactory epithelium, molecules dissolve in mucus, axons pass through the cribriform plateImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, 14.1
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VijzelFrame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record

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