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Noteput, Interactive Music Table by Jürgen Grae & Jonas Heuer
“Notput” project invented by Jürgen Graef and Jonas Heuer is an interactive music table with tangible notes, that combines all three senses of hearing, sight and touch to make learning the classical notation of music for children and pupils more easy and interesting.
All basic clefs, note values and accidentals exist as single wood elements. Whole, half, quarter and eighth notes differ not only in their form, but also in their weight: Long note values are heavier than short ones.
“Aeolus,” Acoustic Wind Pavillion by Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram demonstrates that wind can create beauty with his last installation called “Aeolus.”
Inspired by traditional Aeolus harps, the “Aeolus” installation captures winds melody through its acoustic pavilion. It consists of a dome of tubes which, when the wind blows over them, create melodies similar to the way wind instruments do.
Misa Digital Guitar
Lovingly constructed by Sydney-based designer Michael, the Misa guitar has 24 frets and a large multifunctional touchscreen, which you can use to interface with the appropriate software on your pc. It is an advanced type of MIDI controller that is powered by a 500MHz AMD Geode CPU and runs Linux under the hood, but don’t worry; you don’t need Linux to use the guitar . The Linux firmware code is open source, which allows programmers to modify it to their liking. While MIDI controllers and guitar-emulating synthesizers are nothing new to the music world, the Misa guitar is not your average key/knob/fader MIDI controller.
I am obsessed with digital guitar. But I also love electric guitar, and I have learned what it’s good at and what it’s capable of. Some of its most important qualities and characteristics stem from the very fact that the electric guitar is made out of wood and strings. A guitar string is “beautiful” – because the sound generated comes from the very vibration of the string, interfering with a magnetic flux and inducing an electric voltage, which is then amplified. Why would you want to emulate that? It is perfection. It is pure nature. It is in the analog domain. I did not intend the Misa digital guitar to replicate a traditional guitar.
Vesta Life Headphones
Soyun Kim, Leah Thomas, Young Bang, and Hojin Choi, four women coming from totally different backgrounds have found themselves in a dynamic originality to created Vesta life headphones.
The Vestalife headphones have a smart design. The headphones are covered in a fabric “headband” that can be swapped out to match an outfit. The earbuds are made of fabric and have a leather insert so that you pull the earbuds out by the bud and not the cord. Will Vestalife headphones change the way men see women when they’re listening to music? Only time will tell.
Radio Cage Wireless Speakers Shaped Like a Bird Cage by Nendo
Designed by the Japanese brand Nendo, Music Cage is a wireless speaker that allows you to listen to music from a computer or Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone. Music Cage can be plugged into a wall socket or mounted on the ceiling.
SBA1700 Uber-Sleek Portable Speakers by Philips
Philips has introduced its latest portable speakers for the Korean market – the SBA1700. The speakers show-off an elegant silver finish. They are plug and play and connect to an audio source via a 3.5mm stereo connector. Weighing only 0.3 kg, the SBA1700 offers around 20 hours of battery life with 1.5V three AAA batteries.
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Piano Stairs
Just when you despair for humanity (or perhaps the media version of ourselves), someone reminds us of the creative, uplifting, and inspirational potential of media technologies.
We believe that the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better is by making it fun to do. We call it The fun theory.
Via [rolighetsteorin.se]
Magic Spheres by Morteza Faghihi
Magic Spheres, designed by Morteza Faghihi, an Iranian designer, are speaker and subwoofer sets that coordinate perfectly with either your PC or Home Theatre.
The lights patterns displayed by the set go in sync with the rhythm and beats of the music being played.
Beyond awesome is the graphic bars representation that corresponds to the equalizer of the speakers.
Box To Play
The Box To Play phone from Japan’s KDDI AU Design Project introduces a new form factor for musical phones, as it transforms into a beautiful box shape, illuminated by a graphic equalizer on all four sides.
Aside from the sweet transformation and the graphical interface, the Box To Play also has a few other tricks up its sleeve. For one, the circular disk feature on its face allows you to act the DJ and scratch along to your favourite tunes.
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The Beatbox Battle World Championship
“My name is Julia Dales and I want to win the Beatbox Battle Wildcard.” And guess what. She did.
Via [NPR]
More on the Beatbox Battle World Championship in this NPR post.
Make The Girl Dance “Baby Baby Baby”
I don’t really know why I’m posting this video.
It’s just great, have a look!
Via [Warehouse]
DJ Hero Turntable Controller
Activision’s newest music gaming experience will feature a new turntable controller and says DJ Hero will “transform players into DJs who rule the club scene by creating original mixes of popular songs and music from the world’s most exciting artists and DJs.” Genres include hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance.
Link Via [Uncrate]
Melody Door by Dominic Muren
Dominic Muren just won first prize in the “Doorway to Paradise” Competition!
“The melody door brings the fun and customization of ring tones to your home. Now anyone announcing themselves with a knock can be as playful as the want to be. Ever wanted to tap out “Taps” to wake someone up in the morning? Or how about chopsticks? One full octave of notes gives you a range of choices, while the design of the door fits nicely with a modernist aesthetic. With melody your knock is as unique as you are”.
Stainless Steel Speaker by Tord Boontje
The speaker, which is made out of stainless steel, is fully functional and was designed by Tord Boontje as part of the “Digital Explorers: Discovery” exhibition at Metropolitan Works center in London.
This piece was created by 3D scanning real flowers, insects and music, that were then “digitally sampled, cut, mixed, scaled and rearranged.”
KT Listening Room by MAT Studio and Elastik
Designed especially for Tokyo Designers Week 2008 by MAT Studio & Elastik Architecture, KT: The Listening Room is an experiment in the acoustics of private space, with the intent of avoiding the city’s stimulating visuals.
MAT Studio & Elastik took inspiration from a previous assignment based on creative director Lou Weis’ research into Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder Cycle, in order to create a “secluded but extremely high quality listening experience” within a customised shipping container.
“Work It Out” by RJD2 and directed by Joey Garfield
I fell in love with this fabulous video called “Work It Out” by artist RJD2 and directed by Joey Garfield. It is an interesting take on Live Urban Performance acts. Artist Bill Shannon, born with a congenital hip defect developed a way to express himself through dance and skateboarding on crutches.
Via [Neotorama]
Hidden Radio by John Van Den Nieuwenhuizen
Australian designer <a href=” />John Van Den Nieuwenhuizen sums up the intuitive nature of his Hidden Radio. The Hidden Radio is completely button-less, requiring you to twist, lift or push it instead to manipulate the volume.
The product attempts to be silent both visually and functionally by having the cap in the downward position.
By lifting up the cap the user proportionally increases the volume. The further the cap goes up the louder the sound gets. To tune the radio you simply rotate the cap and receive feedback of tuning quality via the LED on the front.
Radiohead’s ‘Nude’
James Houston’s haunting remix of Radiohead’s Nude is made of a ZX Spectrum, a Scanjet 3c, an ancient scanner and a rackful of ruined hard drives.
This song came about as a call for remixes by Radiohead for “Nude.” Houston notes that most of the entries were lame, and he wanted to do something a little different that fit in the theme/alternate song title offered (Bad Ideas: Don’t Get Any). And he also came up with this video, which has an awesome retro, Daft Punk-ish Human After All vibe.
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