yeast.computer
is the design studio of Leanne Wijnsma. Based in Amsterdam, the studio builds experiences for the senses using smells, soil and microbes. yeast.computer also organizes workshops and gives lectures on instinctive interfaces and prototyping future senses. bio

Contact:
e post at leannewijnsma dot nl
i @yeast.computer



.Currently working on:
A Wildlife, designed hand lotion that acts as a carrier for invisible communication, investigating the consequences of a hyper-hygenic society. Commissioned by Het Nieuwe Instituut for the Dutch Pavilion at Milan Triennial 2019.
Subterranean Matter, capturing and recreating hard-to-access underground spaces using 3D scanning and game engine technology. Commissioned by European Cultural Capitals 2018 Valetta/Leeuwarden.
Soilbread, researching geophaphy (the practice of eating earth) through bread experiments.


.Also:
Smell of Data, a new scent created to instinctively alert internet users of data leaks on personal devices.
Roses Smell Like, can artificial smells change our biology? A pop-up Rose Boutique for Valentines Day at Het Nieuwe Instituut.
Escape, experiencing the anthropocene while exploring the future of life underground.




.Media:
Vice Motherboard, TIME Magazine, Dezeen, The Verge, Guardian Cities, Vice, Guardian, Pop-Up City, Atlas Obscura, Der Spiegel.

.Exhibitions:
Milan Triennial 2019, Athens Digital Arts Festival, Werkleitz Festival 2018, Science Museum London, Dutch Design Week, STRP Festival, Future Flux Festival, m20d Art & Architecture Biennale, Biennale Interieur 2014, Z33 House for Contemporary Art, MOTI Museum of the Image, Graphic Design Festival Chaumont, De Appel Arts Center, NiMK Dutch Institute for Media Art.

.Workshops:
Transmediale, Forum for Architecture and Media Brno, PBLQ Dutch Institute for Public Administration, Night of the Nerds, Willem de Kooning Academy, Royal Academy of Art The Hague, Utrecht School of the Arts, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Utrecht University, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht.

.Lectures:
Path Festival Sao Paulo, TU Delft, Experimental Scent Summit, V2, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Dutch Film Festival, Salone del Mobile Milan, Border Sessions International Festival on Technology & Society.

.Awards & Fellowships:
Winner STRP ACT Award 2017, Nomination for Art & Olfaction Sadakichi Award 2017, Next Nature Fellow, Nomination Internet Society Awards, SIDN Fund Stipend, Neotopia Seoul Data & Humanity Grand Prize, Nomination for Bio Art and Design Award 2014.



Leanne Wijnsma received a BA in Graphic Design from the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2009 and a Masters in Visual Strategies from the Sandberg Institute Amsterdam in 2013. She lead the research group ‘control society’ investigating data mining by smartphone apps and gadgets as part of Dutch media-lab SETUP in 2014 and has received an e-culture grant from the Dutch Cultural Media Fund to research and develop the Smell of Data in collaboration with filmmaker Froukje Tan. She teaches Communication & Design Ethics at Utrecht University. She has been a Future Emerging Art and Technology associate (2016) and has been nominated for a Bio Art and Design Award (2014).