The Flavour Library

The Flavour Library by onebite invites you to reimagine urban design through an entirely new dimension. Just as culinary creations possess distinctive flavours, cities evoke memories, sensations, and ideas—each urban landscape offers its own ‘taste’. Connecting flavours with the experience of place, we craft a Flavour Map that encourages visitors to rediscover cities through a multi-sensory lens. Flavour is a universal language. So much—though unspoken—can be revealed when we translate the experiences and emotions inspired by urban spaces into flavours. Beyond their physical attributes, a city’s ‘flavours’ are encountered in the ways people perceive, appreciate, and navigate their surroundings. We each unconsciously carry unique impressions and feelings about shared spaces, resulting in varied interpretations of urban life. Our goal is to translate these nuanced perceptions into distinct flavours, providing an evocative, imaginative vocabulary for the lived experience of place. The Flavour Library, conceived as a travelling exhibition, will collect and share the essence of cities worldwide, continually offering new perspectives on urban environments. The Experience Inside this imaginative laboratory, each guest is welcomed by a Flavour Laboratorian and introduced to the Flavour Cabin. Within this whimsical chamber, you craft a unique flavour that encapsulates your experience of a city. Shaping your edible flower becomes an exploration of personal memories, sensations, and associations with urban life. As you reflect on your city experiences, you assemble a blend from our menu of imaginative flavours—each representing a defining quality or atmosphere of urban space. These flavours are metaphors: experiential, atmospheric distillations of city life. On leaving the Flavour Cabin, you receive a personalised flavour receipt capturing your distinctive urban narrative. Journey onward into the Flavour Room, where you will discover creative ways to enhance your city experience by adding new, imaginative flavours designed to enliven urban spaces. Each guest receives a "care note"—a prompt inviting further exploration of London and deeper engagement with the city. Conclude your experience by seeing how your creation transforms the cityscape. Watch your Flavour Flower bloom on the City Flavour Map, visually demonstrating how individual acts of imagination contribute to the evolving identity of the city. A Flavourful Reflection on Urban Life The Flavour Room is more than play—it is a delightful, conceptual experiment in placemaking. Every Flavour Flower is a microcosm of the city, every choice an act of urban imagination. How will you choose to flavour your city?