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T he story starts back in Naples, very much an approach that must be expe-

where Astrid Luglio was born.
rienced with all the senses,” says Astrid
Since early age she was sur-
Two years ago Astrid got invited to
rounded by food in her dad’s about her work.
restaurant and fascinated by the magic it take part in a Traditional Balsamic Vinegar
brings to everyday life: its smell, its fla- tasting. This is a very precious and expen-
vours, its shapes and colours – everything sive ingredient that takes up to 50 years to
about it was magical. Growing up surround- be ready, passing from a barrel to another,
ed by good food and music helped Astrid each one made with a different type of
to develop good taste and learn a lot. After wood. The production process is almost a
graduating from the New Academy of Fine ritual, a tradition passed trough generations
Arts in Milan with Bachelor’s degree in in some Italian families. When she tasted
Product Design in 2011, she worked for the vinegar, full of aromas, she was sur-
clients in Milan and Melbourne, Australia, prised, and a bit upset, that they let partic-
what made her move there. Upon returning ipants taste such a rich liquid from a plastic
to Italy, she began working with Mi- spoon. That’s when the idea to design a
lan-based TourDeFork, a design studio in- About Details Glass for a “smell tasting” was born. Smell
spired by food and culinary culture. In is a sense that we use everyday without
2018, she founded her own independent Handmade by the really being aware. The project begins with
design studio to work even closer with her craftsman glass blower a reflection on the importance of aromas
clients from Milan, Melbourne, Oslo and Stefano Villa The during the consumption of food. Designer
morphology of the glass
Naples. “My projects are often inspired by wanted to create a tool that could help to
enhances the aroma
food, its history and culture. Each piece that bouquet, while the beak focus on the smell, allowing to train your
I work on represents a focus on the expe- allows you to taste the nose with the aim to distinguish the aromas
rience that this piece should generate; it is liquid till the last drop. and to build a personal olfactory archive.

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