Sniff

Recommended by Onny Eikhaug at Norsk Designråd, Sniff gets to be exhibited the 10th anniversary of Cité du Design in StÈtienne, France. I am well aware of the fact that I really should be present at a gathering like this myself, but when the exhibition dates gets a bit closer neither me or Mina are ready to travel that far. I contact the curator, and she promises to help me arrange everything at the exhibition site. I print large posters on fancy photo paper and send Sniff down with DHL. Norsk Designråd pays for the cargo. The biennale is a huge event, and just before sending the stuff it becomes clear that they want to exhibit Sniff as part of a futuristic appartment, filled with novel technological inclusive design solutions. My posters won’t be presented next to Sniff, as in the original plan. I send him down anyway. Onny, who pays a visit to the biennale for a lecture on the norwegian approach towards inclusive design (where Sniff is mentioned), takes some pictures of the exhibition for me.

Sniff looks a bit sad there, where he sits inside the black shelf. Unfortunately this prototype, the first that was built, is not working anymore. I find out that I cannot send the one that craves his own power station when I’m not going to be there myself. When exhibiting Sniff as a model, and not as a prototype, the posters that explains the concept are really essential. The posters I sent were supposed to be mounted outside of this future scenario appartment, but if they were, they were not easy to spot according to Onny. And maybe they weren’t hung up at all.