Press.
2020
New York Times / Sophie Haigney / What Does History Smell Like? / November 2020
American Express Essentials / Jessica Keller / Think Different: Explore a City through its Scents / September 2020
Visualising Data / Andy Kirk / Best of the Visualisation Web May 2020 / posted September 2020
Nez #009 / Cécile Clouet / Icons / July 2020
Walmer Yard / Laura Mark / Dialogue – Kate McLean / July 2020
Liverpool Echo / Oliver Clay / Smells of Widnes to be immortalised in unique map / April 2020
Freethink / Theresa Carey / ‘Seeing’ the World through Smell / March 2020
2019
Atlas Obscura / This City in England Smells of Yeast & Hot Metal | Tour Canterbury by Smell / Oct 2019
24 Heures Lausanne / Rebecca Mosimann / Déambuler à travers Lausanne guidé par le bout de son nez / June 2019
2018
Metropolis: Ecologies of Wellness / Alice Bucknell / Please Touch / October 2018
GeoSaison / Der Nase nach / July 2018
CNN / Mariana Cerini / The Future of Maps / June 2018
New York Times / Alexandra S. Levine / Smelling Your Way to Work / May 2018
6ftsq / Michelle Colman / Sensory Expert Kate McLean… / May 2018
BBC / James Ward, Luke Doran and me / Boring Talks #15 – Smellwalks / April 2018
AIGA / Meg Miller / Why Graphic Design Should Engage More Thank Just the Sense of Sight / April 2018
Lush / Annabelle Letten / The Smell Archivist: Kate McLean / March 2018
American Geographical Society DailyGeo / Maps do it Better: The Scent of a City / February 2018
CondéNast Traveler Spain / Meritxell Anfitrite / Smellmaps: ¿a qué huele tu ciudad? /January 2018
2017
Atlas Obscura / Vittoria Taverso / Learning About Cities by Mapping Their Smells / December 2017
Fold Magazine (Moleskine) / Leon Dische Becker / How to Explore a City Through Its Scents / December 2017
The Fifth Sense (in partnership with Chanel) / Ben Gazur / Kate Mclean: mapping the world of scents / June 2017
Slate [fr] / Daphnée Leportois / Pourquoi on ne sent pas plus les odeurs de nourriture dans la rue ? / June 2017
ABC News Melbourne / Lindy Burns / Evening Interview / May 18, 2017
Sky News / Tom Cheshire / ‘Smellscapes’ mapping the whiffs of the town and city / April 27, 2017
The New Yorker / Bianca Boska / The Graphic Design who Maps the World’s Cities by Smell / April 3, 2017
BBC / Matt McGrath / Can city ‘Smellfies’ stop air pollution? / March 10 2017
City Metric / Aliide Naylor / How city “smell-mappers” can help with virtual reality, real estate and how we understand the past / Feb 2017
Global Voices / Mapping the Smells of Kyiv / Jan 2017
CBC News Montreal / Expert speaker on smells in sectors of the city / Jan 2017
2016
Chicago Herald / Patrick T. Reardon / ‘Cartographic Grounds’ ‘Mind the Map’ expand horizons / June 2016
VisualisingData / Andy Kirk / 6 Questions with Kate McLean / May 2016
The Supercargo / John Nixon / Particular Smells / February 2016
EasyJet Traveller Magazine / Aroma with a View / How to follow your nose / February 2016
2015
The Diagram 15.6 / Ander Monson / Scentscape Singapore / December 2015
Silverkris / Carla Alvolio / Smellwalking; Exploring Cities using Scents / December 2015
The Global Lab at CASA / Kaisa Puustinen / Dirty City (audio) / November 2015
The Independent / Oliver Bennet / Can a street’s smell significantly reduce its house prices? / October 2015
The Guardian / Kate McLean / The Sweet Smell of Amsterdam… / October 2015
The Guardian / Cool cartography: the art of mapmaking / September 2015
TimeOut London / Eddy Frankel / London totally stinks and these ‘smell maps’ prove it / July 2015
Basenotes / Marloes Hagenaars / Smell and the City / July 2015
Resilient 100 Cities / Jenn Stanley / ‘Smell Mapping’ to understand cities better / July 2015
Wireless / Janine Mooney / Navigating your City using Scent-Based Smelly Maps / July 2015
Citi io / How smells of the city can now be seen / June 2015
CBCradio (Toronto, Canada) / Acey Rowe / Mapping urban smellscapes: Designing cities through scent / June 2015
Azadliq Radiosu (Azerbaijan) / Nermin Kamal / Kate McLean: “Bakının qoxu xəritəsini çıxarmaq olar” / June 2015
Marie France Asia / Tarandip Kaur / Exclusive Interview with Kate McLean, Mapper for Urban Smellscapes / June 2015
onEarth / Clara Chaisson / Scents & Sensibility / June 2015
The Independent / Researchers compile ‘smell maps’ of urban areas using the noses of thousands of volunteers / June 2015
The Guardian / Emine Saner / Lavender, petrol or vomit: what does your city smell like? /June 2015
The Independent / Here are the best places to smell nature in London / June 2015
The Telegraph / Olivia Rudgard / Mapping London’s smells: ‘smellscapes’ show which streets stink / June 2015
Brilliant Maps / What Does London Smell Like? These Maps Have The Answer / June 2015
WIRED / Liat Clark / London ‘Stinkmap’ could change urban planning / June 2015
Washington Post / Ana Swanson / Beautiful maps of what our cities actually smell like / June 2015
CityLab / Aarian Marshall / Mapping Your City’s Smells / June 2015
PSFK / Vashti Hallissey / Smelly Maps Point Your Nose to Life’s Many Aromas / June 2015
City Nomads Singapore / All Sense’s Sensory Walks / June 2015
New Scientist / Paul Marks / Ready for a smellfie? Phototags map the smellscape of a city / May 2015
TimeOut Singapore / Benita Lee / Sniff your way around Singapore / May 2015
Business Times Singapore / Avanti Nim / Sniffing Out A New Take On Singapore / May 2015
fotokino / Smellwalk, une cartographie olfactive de Noailles / May 2015
étapes / Smellwalk, une cartographie olfactive chez Fotokino / May 2015
VisualLoop / Tiego Veloso / Malofiej23 Video Interviews / April 2015
experimenta magazine / Carmen Aldama / Sensory Maps, de Kate McLean: ¿a qué huele una ciudad? / April 2015
VisualLoop / Tiego Veloso / Creative mapping that leads to new visualization… / Mar 2015
1984 Bold Ideas / Catalina Bolozan / The Science of Smelling Stories / Feb 2015
Pour la science No. 86 / Rédacteur Loïc Mangin / Être nez quelque part / Janvier-Mars 2015
2014
The Northern Correspondent – Issue #2 / Ed. Ian Wylie / Scents of Direction / Dec 2014
Veille Carto 2.0 / Rémi Mayou / La cartographie des villes par odour / Dec 7 2014
360 Here / Phillip Barker / Exploring the urban smellscape with sensory maps / Dec 1 2014
Diaro de Navarra / Cata de olores por Pamplona / Nov 1 2014
Diaro de noticias / Pamplona huele a comida y aire fresco / Oct 31 2014
A*DESK / Ana Dot / Y si el mapa era erróneo. A partir de Mapamundistas 2014 / Oct 27 2014
Gizmodo / Jamie Condliffe / What Cities Smell Like, Visualized / Oct 14 2014
Flowing Data / Geographic smell maps / Oct 10 2014
inhabit NYC / Alyssa Alimurung / What’s that smell? / Sept 30 2014
Mobility Trends / JCDecaux / What do cities smell like? / Sept 29 2014
Sniffapalooza / Miriam Songster / A Whiff of Williamsburg / Sept 28 2014
Brit + Co. / Cortney Clift / This artist turns city smells into maps / Sept 20 2014
Smalltalk / Rico Gagliano & Brendan Francis Newnam with Sadie Stein / ‘Smellmaps’ engage noses in urban exploration / Sept 18 2014
Untapped Cities / Matthew Walter / Fun Maps: A Portrait of NYC Street Smells / Sept 18 2014
6sqft / Diane Pham / Pee-Eww! Artist Kate McLean is Creating a ‘Smellmap’ of NYC / Sept 16 2014
Arnet News / Sarah Cascone / Multisensory Artist Captures New York City’s Distinctive Scents / Sept 15 2014
Scientific American / Julie Hecht / “Put Your Nose First: Smellwalks for You and Your Dog” / Sept 12 2014
77 WABC New York Radio Geraldo Rivera Show / “The Ride Home” with Pat Kiernan & Ellis Henican / Sept 12 2014
FastCompany / ‘Smellmaps’ Chart City Odors, Mouth-Watering Or Repellant, Street By Street / Sept 12 2014
Gothamist / Lauren Evans / British Artist Sniffing Around NYC To Create “Smellmaps” / Sept 12 2014
New York Times / Vivian Yee / The data for a map, collected sniff by sniff / Sept 11 2014
New York Observer / Vanessa Haughton / Artist Sniffs Her Way Around New York in the Name of Art / Sept 6 2014
Réseau Veille Tourisme / Camille Derelle / Quoi de Neuf au Musée? / August 4 2014
Urban Design Group Journal / Victoria Henshaw / “Smell and the City” / Issue 131 Summer / July 2014
In-Imitable / Franziska Josteit / Ausstellung “Smellmap” ; wie dustet deine Stadt? / July 24 2014
New York Times / Victoria Henshaw / Don’t Turn Up Your Nose at the City in Summer / June 23 2014
GoEuro / Lisa Lintschinger / Creating a Visual Language for Smells / June 4 2014
Frame Magazine / Lisa Rode / “Putting Amsterdam’s Smells on the Map” / #98 / May/June 2014
PRI The World / Sarah Reynolds / This graphic designer makes ‘smell maps’ of cities around the world / May 13 2014
Something Smelly / Irina / Smelly maps: discovering Amscentdam / May 2 2014
Amsterdam Museum / Annemarie de Wildt / Smellmap Amsterdam / April 2014
National Geographic / “Between the Lines” / Ryan Schleter / April 2014
X-CITY Arts & Lifestyle Magazine / “The Art of Data” / March 2014
BBC Radio 4 / Shumi Bose / “The Design Dimension – Design & Desire” / Smellwalking/sketching in London with Victoria Henshaw / Feb 4 2014
Big Thinkers / “An Olfactory Map” / Frank Jacobs / January 2014
2013
International Cartographic Association / “Map of the Month” / November 2013
Nautilus / “Seeing Maps of Sounds and Smells” / Rose Eveleth / October 8, 2013
Sampa Criativa / “Mapeia os aromas do mundo” / October 8, 2013
UCL Mapping the European Breton Lai / “More maps: From mapping the Brut to smellscapes” / Elizabeth C Dearnley / 2 October 2013
Too Much: Magazine of Romantic Geography – Issue #4 The Black Box / “Memory Architecture: Notes on Re-associating our cities through smell” / June 27 2013
ABC Radio, Melbourne, Australia / Interview with Red Symons on the Breakfast Show / June 12 2013
Storyslingers Competition / 2nd place award to “Eternal Itinerant Map” / June 5 2013
Maptia / “Magnificent Maps and Cartographic Curiosities” / June 11 2013
Explore / “A Sensory Map” / June 7 2013
Visualising Urban Futures / “Sensory Maps” / June 7 2013
The Smithsonian Magazine / “Mapping the Smells of New York” / June 7 2013
Migratory Lines: Navigation across disciplines / Broadcast Gallery, Dublin, Ireland / A. White et al. (eds) / “Smellwalking and Smellmapping” / June 2013
PSFK / “City Scent Maps” / May 31 2013
FastCo / “Mapping How Cities Smell” / May 29 2013
Causette #35 / “La géo par les naseaux” / May 2013
#milansmells – with Olivia Alice / May 2013
“Sensory Maps” with introduction by Amy Sande-Friedman in J. Acker et al. (eds) ‘The Common Issue No. 5’ – May 2013
Canterbury Times / “Heaven Scent” by Lowri Stafford in / April 25 2013
Visualising Data / “Beyond the Visualisation of Data” / Andy Kirk / April 23 2013
Kent News / “Could you smell your way around Canterbury?” / April 22 2013
Video Interview / ‘La “smell map” di Milano – Gli odori della città al Fuorisalone’ – April 13
Designer’s Block / “Smellmap: Milan” / March 15 2013
2012
BBC Radio 2 / Jeremy Vine Show / Jan 2013
Newstalk 106-108 / Interview on Moncrieff with Sean Moncrieff / Sept 2012
Discovery Channel, Canada / Featured in “Daily Planet” / Ziya Tong / Sept 19 2012
Kopalnia Wiedzy, Poland / “Wyczuwa map nosem” / Anna Blonska / Sept 2012
Daily Mail Online / “Who Nose the Way?” / Eddie Wren / Sept 2012
& Then NESAD Alumni Blog / “Smell Mapping in the USA” / Sara Chadwick / Sept 2012
Artwork Magazine Issue 174 / “Where am I?” / Tessa Williams / Sept 2012
Die Zeit Online / “Die Stadt mit der Nase entdecken” / Rabea Weihser / Sept 2012
BBC Radio Scotland / Interviewd on MacCaulay & Co. / August 2012
STV / “Glasgow smells of…” / Karen Greenshields / August 2012
BBC Radio Scotland / Interviewed on Newsround / Aug 2012
The Scotsman / “Glasgow’s odour map revealed” / Stephen McGinty / August 2012
National Public Radio, RI / “Experiencing a map with your nose” / Flo Jonic / August 2012
University of Rhode Island Radio / “Decoding Rhode Island” / with Ian Reyes / August 2012
NewportNow / “The Nose Knows: ‘Smell Map’ Debuts…” / Meg O’Neil / July 2012
BBC Radio 4 / Featured in “Sniffing out Danger” / Amber Marks / June 2012
Saturday Herald / “Scents and Sensibility”/ Teddy Jameison / May 2012
2011
BBC Radio Scotland / Interviewed on “Newsround” / Dec 2011
Daily Record / “Kate’s job is not to be sniffed at” about Glasgow Smell Map / Dec 2011
Glasgow Evening Times / “Kate will put city’s smells on the map” / Dec 2011
BBC Radio Scotland / Panel discussion on MacAulay & Co. / Jun 2011
Scotland on Sunday / “Follow Your Nose Around Auld Reekie” / Shân Ross / Jun 2011
The Pulse Magazine / Smell Map of Edinburgh / May 2011
ECA News / Sensory Maps / April 2011
STV / “Would you recognise Edinburgh by smell alone?” / Rebecca Gordon / March 2011
Edinburgh Evening News /
“Finding New Route to Mapping the Capital”/ March 2011