Pole Com/position stems from the idea that Midi controllers tend to be small and there are no large, […]
Category Archive: sound
Walking machine, by Jessica Thompson, is a portable audio piece designed to enable wearers to move through the […]
LocoSound is a work in progress that aims to synchronize an FM audio experience with the landscape viewed […]
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The Communication Art and Design department of the RCA had several good surprises such as Simon Elvins’ FM […]
The Panasonic Emotions Testing Line, by “nomadic” development designer Jiří Černický, is a conceptual SD audio-prosthesis that aims […]
Tilman Kuntzel‘s Maintenance Measures for the SoundUnit Fan and Soundwall? is on view at the Sonambiente festival in […]
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Sonic Bed_Shanghai plays new music which moves and vibrates for and through the bodies of an audience. This […]
Matthew Irvine Brown‘s Rehearsal Joypads began as a response to the marketing of entry-level music software, such as […]
Simon Elvins, student of Communication Art and Design, wanted to make radio waves and the sound they carry […]
As part of Sonarama’s celebration of “the year of japan,” Toshio Iwai had been invited to make a […]
Jens Brand‘s G-Player (Global player) works like a CD-player. But instead of playing CDs, it plays the globe. […]
Fifth project seen at the graduation show of the IDII in Milan last week. Note to Self by […]
DailySoundZaping randomly opens videos found on the -continously updated- online video archives Dailymotion. The system reads their sounds, […]
Fourth project from the IDII graduation show. Stint, by Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, is a music sharing service that combines […]
Third project from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea final show (see dedicated category). Chia Ying Lee‘s Sonic Graffiti […]
More about that Playmobiel exhibition that just opened in Amsterdam. I was particularly intrigued by the software for […]
This installation by German artist Carsten Nicolai aka Alva Noto is currently on exhibition in the course of […]
Volume of over Lumen is a rhythm communicator for several people. Each participant wears a silicone collar which […]
Totally Amazing Mutant Ears -developed by ITP graduates Terence Arjo (who designed the Yo! Taxi! coat), David Bamford […]
Born and raised in Silicon Valley, Douglas Edric Stanley has been working for ten years in France as […]
The TRATTIs are wearable screaming devices for children. TRATTIs generate noise and sound and music (depending on your […]
Zipper Orchestra is an interactive video installation that combines the Conductor Musical Score as a physical controller and […]
Jeppe Hein‘s Invisible Maze installation is just what its title says: invisible. The promised maze is there but […]
Waves is a sound installation that uses buoys to connect wading pools in two different locations and create […]
Current audio/visual equipment has minimal tactile feedback while acoustic instruments however have a much richer tactile palette. It […]
Felix Hardmood Beck calls his handmade Soundbombs “New-Media-Accessories” which really made my day when i saw them at […]
SoniColumn (image on the left) is a high column-like cylinder that can be played by touch. Grids of […]
Pimp my Heart is a performance/vehicle intervention that uses a HBBB (HeartBeat Bass Booster) system to amplify the […]
For his diploma project (work in progress) at the University of art & Design Lausanne, Valerio Spoletini decided […]
Currently watching the videos of the kings of the Shibuya-kei movement: Pizzicato Five, an ’80s and ’90s Japanese […]
The Cybersonica 06 Conference is the best place to be in London on Friday and Saturday if you’re […]
Radio Map, by Michael Hohl and Stephan Huber, is an immersive telematic environment that enables participants to walk […]
Football stadiums could use a new sound system that neutralises abusive or racist chants with a carefully timed […]
The Communication Mods exhibition in Toronto features five works by Mark Argo, that explore human-to-human communication through the […]
Videoboxing is a video performance in which Thomas Heijmans and Eliane Roest from SXNDRX merge video, new media, […]
Just discovered (thanks Bibi!) Vidéo Nostalgie, a homage blog to the vintage Scopitones of 60’s and 70’s and […]
Not everybody has access to podcasts. No everyboday can afford the hardware, connectivity, or has time to listen. […]
Ibuki, by Masaru Tabei and Yasuno Miyauchi, is a sound installation that allows visitors to hear the sound […]
Arphield Recordings documents impromptu arphid sound performances produced by people scanning their Oysters cards as they access London […]
Cobi van Tonder, author of the brilliant Ephemeral Gumboots, has been commissioned a new work for ISEA2006. The […]