Project category:
Brand experience

Completed in:
2025

We proudly joined Muuto as a collaborative partner during 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen, contributing to their exhibition on neuroaesthetics – the study of how design stimulates the senses and shapes our experience of space.

In deep resonance with our own philosophy, the exhibition explored how sensory input – in particular smell, material, light, and sound – can anchor us in the present moment and evoke our connection to the spaces we inhabit. 

At Studio Pneuma, we approach air as a carrier of atmospheric information. Smell is often the first impression we register upon entering a space – something we breathe in without effort, but store deeply as emotional or spatial memory. These invisible dimensions are often overlooked in contemporary building culture, yet they hold profound potential for shaping how we feel and dwell within a given space.

The room fragrance featured in the installation, Floating Leaf, is one of the first spatial fragrances we developed. Its composition is inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Solaris, where two men drift in the sterile interior of a space capsule, reminiscing about Earth’s natural sensations. That scene became a metaphor for our own architectural surroundings – often dominated by standardised and sensorially flat environments. Floating Leaf responds to this scenario with a longing for tactile, sensory depth: its crisp green notes are diffused through natural stone, unfolding slowly and subtly in the exhibition.

The installation was presented as a landscape installation atop Muuto’s Copenhagen HQ – a layered experience where smell, light, sound, and material converge. Visitors were invited to move not just through a space, but through an atmosphere – one that speaks to the emotional and poetic potential of thoughtfully designed environments.