Outcome

During the meal, the ball, which matches the basic taste, is touched with the feet. This interaction between taste and touch creates a sensitive experience that enhances or complements the taste experience. The multi-sensory experience is perceived as a whole-body experience that creates a new culinary experience.

Pattern Recognition

Curious which potential it has and how many of these different chords are already existing, I quickly realized that not many people created their version of sonic seasoning. Not having any experience in sound design I thought I might find these already existing Melodie-patterns in songs we listen to.

On the base of Charles Spence 4 taste melodies, I created a machine that learned the patterns of these chords and could recognize them in every song. Following and testing the new and old melodies, a workshop was created that proofs the connection between sound and taste.

Pattern Disruption

Knowing that sounds can enrich a specific taste, I was interested in the disruption of it. Can sound bring out the taste we might normally not taste or have to add and if that‘s possible how can we use this pattern disruption?

Looking into diabetes and high blood pressure, where affected people crave the sweetness and saltiness, the question was if their eating habit could be interrupted by adding sonic seasoning instead of more sugar or salt.

The aim is to transfer the resulting pattern recognition results in an everyday object that makes it possible to break through design patterns and create new design experiences.