Get your nose close and sniff. Mushroom? Rust? Chicken soup? Teenage boy's sweat socks? Inside this canister is one of those scents, among dozens of smell canisters on display in The Smell Lab, a sensory experience and exhibit installation. It was designed in 2016 by chemist, researcher, and "smell artist" Sissel Tolaas of Berlin, Germany, and is just a small part of her vast archive of smells collected from around the world. Go ahead, smell it. SMELL IT.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, NY

09.17.20