Fine Collection of Curious Sound Objects, created by Georg Reil and Kathy Scheuring, are described as…
“The arrangement includes six exceptional exhibits from the world of sounds and acoustics. At first sight looking trivial, each object incorporates a very unique ability.
The magical character of each object is accompanied with a little story, almost completely concealing the [...]

Back in 2006 I wrote about Tape, an commission by Someth;ng for our Cybersonica exhibition. There is something authentic about playing in an easy way with real audio tape, rather than software and digital interfaces.

So I was happy to see Analogue Tape Glove from collective Signal to Noise.
Instead of moving the tape over a [...]

Hopefully you know the Reactable as they have been setting the bench-mark for tangible musical interfaces or years, with many people using their fiducial reacTivision tracking system.
Now the team in Barcelona have turned their research product into a limited run portable consumer item, aimed at musicians who want to use this live, aptly named Reactable [...]

This is Sonic Wire Sculptor, an software musical instrument, made by the talented Amit Pitaru in 2003 (and onwards).

Originally conceived as a performance tool for Pitaru, it later became an exhibit for touring to museums/festivals for public use.
“At its simplest form SonicWireSculptor is a novel 3D drawing tool and a unique musical instrument, but perhaps [...]

Quite a few blogs have been posting the concept Original Sound Track from Ricardo Seola recently (shown above). Watch video. A wooden toy train moves across a track, with its front teeth plinking across pegs on the track, inspired by a music box. You can then tack the track and build different layouts [...]

Three examples of crazy musical heads…
drum|head

drum|head was a small project by murat n konar a few years ago whilst he was studying at the Royal College of Art. Its a simple idea but lots of fun. Project a video of his face on to a foam face, when hit like a drum the facial expression [...]

Quite a few people have sent me The fun theory, a viral campaign from ad agency DDB Stockholm for Volkswagen.
“This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or something entirely different, the [...]

The Youth Music Box, designed by Silent Studios & I, has now moved to the next leg of the UK tour to Bristol.
It will be on at Colston Hall, Bristol until 18th October. Go and have a play if you are in the area.
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