Patrick Palcic is a designer and olfactory artist based in Berlin. He received his B.A. in Product and Process Design and M.A. in Design from the University of Arts Berlin. His work focuses on the five senses, particularly smell. The scope of his projects range from small batches of odor molecules to producing large-scale immersive installations. The primary goal of his work is to reflect the broad spectrum of the nose and our sense of smell in a synesthetic manner.
a w a r d s & h o n o u r s
2024 Archello Award, Office Furniture of the Year (with Kinzo Berlin)
2023 Finalist Art and Olfaction Award, Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent, The Institute of Art and Olfaction Los Angeles
2020 Highly commended Hessian State Award for Universal Design, German Design Council
2019 Highly commended Mia Seeger Prize, Mia Seeger Foundation
2019 Shortlist ein&zwanzig Award, German Design Council
2019 Nominee German Design Award, Newcomer
2018 Finalist purmundus challenge
2018 Residency Villa Lena Foundation (October), Tuscany
2018 Nominee German Design Award, Newcomer
2017 Nominee Designprice Halle, Halle (Saale)
2017 Nominee Pure Talents Award, imm-cologne
2016 Residency Ohno Ohno White Room, Stuttgart
2016 Nominee Young Creations Award Upcycling, Heimtextil Frankfurt
e x h i b i t i o n s
2024 House of the forgotten scents · Zahrada Svetla – Garden of Light, Opava, Czech Republic
2022 alphabetum tactus · The Festival of the New European Bauhaus, Brussels
2022 Scent Clock · LIVING WITH SCENTS, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
2021 alphabetum tactus · Hessen Design e. V., Darmstadt
2020 alphabetum tactus · Hessian State Award for Universal Design, Hypermotion Frankfurt
2020 Scent Bar · Ansorg Visplay Vizona Fair Stand, Euro Shop Retail Trade Fair, Düsseldorf
2019 alphabetum tactus | litterae odorum · Focus Open, MIK Museum – Ludwigsburg
2018 alphabetum tactus | litterae odorum · purmundus challenge, Formnext – Messe Frankfurt
2018 form follows body · Orgatec, Frankfurt
2018 cantouchthis* · Designtransfer UdK, Berlin
2018 Smell, Scents and other Senses · Oukan Grand Opening, Berlin
2018 Es liegt was in der Luft · Pure Talents 15 Years, imm-cologne
2017 Es liegt was in der Luft · Designprice Halle, Halle (Saale)
2017 odor per imbrem | Es liegt was in der Luft · Milan Design Market – Isola District, Milan
2017 odor per imbrem · Naked Objects – State of design, Cologne
2017 Es liegt was in der Luft · Pure Talents, imm-cologne
2016 odor per imbrem | Es liegt was in der Luft · Schätze des Westens Stgt, Art Residency Ohno
2016 collector · Upcycling, Heimtextil Frankfurt
2016 Scaresse · ENSAAMA Paris & Old Library University of Arts Berlin
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