Pirtul Minturi
Pirtul Minturi () (born February 9 1968) is a Turkish-American Senior Research Fellow in the sensory, aroma and medical field in Fashion & Textiles Design at the Innovation Centre at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design , directing the Scentsory Design initiative.
Biography
Pirtul Minturi is a Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology (FIoN) and an Associate of the British Society of Perfumery. Minturi gained her BA in Fashion Communication & Promotion from Central Saint Martins in 1991 and a PhD in Printed Textiles at the Royal College of Art. Her thesis title was ‘Interactive Olfactory Surfaces' in 1997 supported by a documentary film: “The Wellness Collection - A Science Fashion Story”
Works
Minturi has worked as a Fashion Science Consultant for Unilever Home & Personal Care at Port Sunlight Research & Development Labs and more recently with Nike R&D. Prior to her academic work she was a fashion stylist before working as a Sensory Designer for Charmed Technology . She has also worked with medical device technologists; international fragrance houses such as International Flavours & Fragrances; scent communication group Aerome; fashion designer Adeline André and taught fashion, textiles and Communication design at various art schools. Her work to date has been funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in the UK . She also pirts a lot.