Candle that Smells Like the New York Times by Tobias Wong
What a great idea to create a candle that smells like The New York Times. The candle is meant to give off the scent of newsprint by combining “hints of guaiacwood, cedar, musk, spice, with a powdery note and velvet nuance.
The designer-artist Tobias Wong, who passed away in 2010, thought of himself, more than anything, as an observer. With a clever wit and ingenious clarity, he honed in on the icons, obsessions and desires of contemporary culture and appropriated them in objects that are both resonant and beautiful. One of his last concepts was The New York Times candle. Within the current fascination with scents and, especially, experimental scents, Wong proposed producing a candle with the fragrance of newsprint inspired by The New York Times, an institution he greatly admired and with which he had a longstanding relationship. This project, though in progress, was never actualized.
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June 24th, 2011 at 6:29 am
Haha this is amazing! Going to tweet it
October 24th, 2011 at 12:47 am
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