Daily Quote:

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

James Goldsmith






1/31/2010

102

Surface| Orangevoid

The Pixel Skin...




...the Disk surface...








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Surface| Super Cilia Skin

"Super Cilia Skin is a literal membrane separating a
computer from its environment. Like our skin, it is
haptic I/O membrane that can sense and simulate
movement and wind flow. Our intention is to have it
be universally applied to sheath any surface. As a
display, it can mimic another person's gesture over a
distance via a form of tangible telepresence. A
hand-sized interface covered with Super Cilia Skin
would produce subtle changes in surface texture that
feel much like a telepresent "butterfly kiss."

A small object surrounded with Super Cilia Skin could
propel itself across the floor, or stop to create
visually expressive changes in surface. Conversely, a
Super Cilia Skin surface could propel objects across
it using mechanical gestures like the movements of a
centipede's feet."

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Surface| Interacting Sculptures

"4D-Pixel is a smart surface which physically reacts to your voice, music and shows relievo letters. This interactive sculpture is a merging of electromagnetics, software and electronics. The dynamic of the wall is made of hundreds of pixels which react on the dynamic in soundfrequencies.

This way there is a direct relation between the human activity and the appearance of the surface; in this fusion between body and machine."



"Wind 3.0 exists out of hundreds of fibers which, through a merging of electronics and ventilators, move and interact with the visitor.

Wind 3.0 plays with the relation and differences between nature and technology. The hundred of ventilators stimulate this sensation straight to the skin; prepared to be blown away!"
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1/30/2010

099

XXX| Kinetic Sculpture

BMW shows off with this kinetic sculpture...

....sorry for the music

098

Perception| Daisies by Věra Chytilová1966

097

Literature| Mercedes Bunz

Das Mensch-Maschine-Verhältnis. Medientheorie mit Kraftwerk, Underground Resistance und Missy Elliott

..und andere lesenswerte Texte von Mercedes Bunz.

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096

Literature| Techno

Segmentierung als Grundlage kultureller Praxis:
Eine Untersuchung der Musikkultur Techno
von Cornelius Schlicke

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1/26/2010

095

Music Furniture| Red Bull Dj Table























































Between the Beat Battles, Music Academy, and other sponsored events, Red Bull could never be accused of lacking style. Further proof is offered after seeing the the Red Bull DJ Table. Judging by the underside of the table, it appears they have a sense of humor too.

Design: Cocoon Canada

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Goodies| Kid's reminder













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XXX| Ugly Stuff (including furniture) by Diesel














Very ugly stuff by diesel >>

092

Goodies| Ten things nobody needs...

Nr.1

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Goodies| Little Helper























Knicks
Kabelhalter

Design: formfjord berlin

Acrylglas, Edelstahl, Federstahl

Acrylauflage 2 x 6,6 cm, Schlitz 5,8 mm, Rundloch 9 mm

Größen:
Klammer kurz (für Tischplatten von 0,5-2,5 cm)
Klammer lang (für Tischplatten von 2,0-4,5 cm)

petrolblau, neongrün, dunkelrot, flasche

Die Original Tischtuchklammer 'made in Germany' erinnert an Plastikdecken und Filterkaffee. Kombiniert mit einem Detail aus Acrylglas wird daraus ein neuartiges, modernes Produkt: ein Kabelhalter namens Knicks. Das Kabel liegt nicht mehr am Boden, sondern hängt mit seinem Stecker griffbereit im Rundloch. Es ist als ob Knicks dem Benutzer das Kabel anreicht; wie ein Diener! Passt für Netzkabel, USB-Kabel und diverse Ladekabel.

Preis: 8,00 €

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Acoustics| The Audionet Soundlaboratory


















Das Audionet Klanglabor
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Material| A Crystal absorbs Hypersound

Ein Kristall schluckt Hyperschall, oder mit Polystyrolkügelchen, einer Glasplatte und Silikonöl zum Hyperschallblocker.

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088

Literature| Piezoelectronic polymers as acoustic actuators

Ein Pdf. über piezoelektrische Polymere als akustische Aktuatoren

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1/24/2010

087

Surface| "Stockhausen im Kugelauditorium"













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Literature| Electronic Music Production (or Machine vs. Microchip

Once again ANALOG vs. DIGITAL in a very nice thesis.

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085

Synaesthesia| The Philips Pavillion 1958


















Poème électronique für Tonband (1957–58) von Edgard Varèse
Der Philips-Pavillon in Brüssel (1958). Außenansicht mit Publikum.
Foto von Karl Widmaier (Baden-Baden).
Paul Sacher Stiftung, Basel: Sammlung Edgard Varèse.

















Poème électronique für Tonband (1957–58) von Edgard Varèse
Grundrisse des Philips-Pavillons mit Anmerkung zur Klangausbreitung. Manuskript Seite 2.
Paul Sacher Stiftung, Basel: Sammlung Edgard Varèse.



"Im Jahr 1958 verwirklichten Le Corbusier, Iannis Xenakis und Edgard Varèse auf der Weltausstellung in Brüssel eine bisher einzigartige Raum-Klang-Komposition, die nur mit dem modernen Begriff der multimedialen Installation zu fassen ist.

Le Corbusier erhielt vom künstlerischen Direktor des Philips-Konzerns, Louis Kalff, den Auftrag, einen Pavillon zu entwerfen, der die technologischen Errungenschaften des modernen Zeitalters und zugleich die Bedeutung des weltweit tätigen Konzerns repräsentieren sollte. Le Corbusier übertrug ausgehend von seinem dem menschlichen Magen nachempfundenen Grundriss den Entwurf des Pavillons dann aber weitgehend Iannis Xenakis, der bereits seit 1947 als Architekt und Ingenieur in seinem Büro arbeitete.[1] Le Corbusier selbst, der in diesem Zeitraum mit den großen Entwurfsprojekten im indischen Chandigarh beschäftigt war, beabsichtigte, »keinen Pavillon zu bauen, sondern ein elektronisches Gedicht. Es wird sich alles im Inneren abspielen – Ton, Licht, Farbe und Rhythmus«[2].

Le Corbusiers Farb- und Bildprojektionen waren mit der achtminütigen Klangprojektion des Poème électronique von Edgard Varèse synchronisiert. Varèse sah hier erstmals seine Konzeption einer spatialen Musik in idealer Weise umgesetzt. Seine Komposition war auf drei Tonbändern aufgenommen und die Klangprojektion auf 350[3] Lautsprecher verteilt, die auf sogenannten Klangbahnen angeordnet waren. Dies erzielte den Effekt, als würden sich die Klänge im Pavillon bewegen. Aber nicht nur die Licht- und Klanginszenierung von Le Corbusier und Edgard Varèse ist für das Verhältnis von Architektur und Musik von Bedeutung, sondern auch die äußere Form des Philips Pavillons.

Xenakis, der bereits als Komponist Neuer Musik bekannt war, bezog sich bei seinem Entwurf einerseits auf Le Corbusiers Regelsystem, das unter dem Namen Modulor bekannt ist und architektonische Raummaße mit denen des menschlichen Körpers durch den Goldenen Schnitt in Einklang bringt, und nahm zum anderen seine 1953–1954 entstandene Komposition Metastasis als Ausgangspunkt für die Konstruktionsprinzipien der gekrümmten, sich steil emporschwingenden Außenflächen des Philips Pavillons, die als Regelflächen (hyperbolische Paraboloide) bezeichnet werden. Dabei übertrug er die Glissando-Bewegungen der vielfach geteilten Streicher zu Anfang und am Ende von Metastasis auf die mathematisch-geometrischen Prinzipien, die bei der Berechnung der hyperbolischen Parabolformen zur Anwendung kamen. Xenakis überführte somit die kontinuierliche Bewegung der Klangfolgen in Metastasis in die durchgehende Umhüllung des Philips Pavillons.

Für den Pavillon komponierte Xenakis zudem das Stück Concret PH. Dabei handelt es sich um eine stereophone Komposition mit Klängen verglühender Kohle, die nach dem Prinzip des Zwischenspiels clusterartig über die Lautsprecher im Inneren des Pavillons wiedergegeben wurde, während das Publikum für die mehrmals täglich stattfindenden Vorstellungen des Poème Électronique wechselte. Xenakis bezeichnete die Beziehung von Concret PH und dem Pavillon selbst als eine homologe Antithese. Die von Agostino di Scipio nachgewiesene granulare Struktur der Komposition verhält sich antithetisch zum Konzept der geometrischen Kontinuität des Pavillons.[4]

Der Philips Pavillon wurde noch im Herbst 1958 gesprengt. Das verbliebene Originalmaterial, das in Form von unterschiedlichen Partituren, Ton- und Filmbändern, architektonischen Plänen und zahlreichen Dokumentationsfotos erhalten ist, wird derzeit im Rahmen des umfassenden Forschungsprojektes Virtual Electronic Poem[5] aufgearbeitet. Ziel des Projekts ist die virtuelle Rekonstruktion der Licht-Klang-Projektion im Inneren des Pavillons mittels eines immersiven 3-D-Wiedergabesystems, bestehend aus einem Datenhelm mit Headtracker, binauralen Kopfhörern und stereoskopischem Display.

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Anfänglich hatte Le Corbusier Xenakis verweigert, als Architekt des Pavillons zu zeichnen, woraufhin Xenakis die Zusammenarbeit beendete und sich verstärkt der Musik zuwandte. Schließlich wurde Xenakis als Co-Architekt angeführt.
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Jean Petit (Hg.), Le poème électronique. Le corbusier - Das elektronische Gedicht. Pavillon Philips pour l’exposition universelle à Bruxelles 1958, o. S.
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Über die Anzahl der Lautsprecher im Pavillon gibt es verschiedene Angaben, die Zahl 350 ist nach derzeitiger Quellenlage die plausibelste.
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Agostino di Scipio, »Compositional Models in Xenakis's Electroacoustic Music«, in: Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 36, No 2., Princeton 1998, S. 201-243.
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http://www.edu.vrmmp.it/vep/"

Eine Werkbeschreibung von Ulrich Winko

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1/22/2010

084

Literature| Acoustics, Alfred Tomatis

Ein Text zum pränatalen(vorgeburtlichen)Hören von Dr.Dirk Beckedorf, basierend auf den Untersuchungen von Alfred Tomatis.

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083

Acoustics| Sound Design, Friedrich Blutner

Friedrich Blutner and associated .pdf collection

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082

Literature| Synaesthesia

A very profound list of (mostly german)literature about synaesthesia by Michael Haverkamp
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Music Furniture| Superphono - A musicfurniture with a nice interface




















Superphono - A very interesting "Tonmöbel" reinterpretation by Wolfgang Hofbauer.

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1/21/2010

080

Literature| Synaesthesia, Architecture

Musik als Entwurfsgrundlage für Architektur?
[Music as a source for architectural design?]

150 Pages, part 1+2 (pdf), reissue 2003 (german only)
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1/18/2010

079

Acoustics| The i-Phone as an acoustic translator

An intelligent RCA i-phone app that "translates" your sound environment in real-time.

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Synaesthesia| On wikipedia

Synästhesie auf wiki
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Material| Acoustic Fleece

























Landolt Floorliner

Polyester Nadelvlies mit Polyethylen Folie auf der Oberseite und Haftbeschichtung OPTICOAT® by Landolt auf der Rückseite. Multifuktionales Schutz- und Abdeckvlies für Böden aller Art, Teppichen, Fliesen, Möbel etc.Polyester Nadelvlies, kalandriert mit flammhemmender Ausrüstung, in verschiedenen Farben verfügbar. Feuerklasse M1 in Frankreich. Schwerbrennbares Akustik- und Rieselschutzvlies.

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Acoustics| Sounddesign, Friedrich Blutner again


Friedrich Blutner ist der wohl bekannteste europäische Sounddesigner, anbei ein paar Links.

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Literature| Acoustics, "Der Klang der Stoffe"

Soundergonomische Überlegungen zu textilen Materialien aus Christian Becker “ Perspektiven textiler Bildung”
Oldenburg 2007

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Synaesthesia| Brainwave > Sound



Brainwaves translated into sound.

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Acoustics| I'm sitting in a room





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072

Literature| Alexander Skrijabin






Synaesthetic and symbolological research by Alexander Skrijabin on wiki.

Synästhetische und symbologische Forschung von Alexander Skrjabin auf wiki.

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071

Synaesthesia| Musica Universalis

"Musica Universalis" on wikipedia

"Sphärenharmonie" auf Wikipedia

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070

Synaesthesia| Synaesthetic Perception and Sound Design












Synästhetische Wahrnehmung und Geräuschdesign von Dr.Ing. Michael Haverkamp für Ford
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1/12/2010

066

Literature| Synaesthesia, Music and Architecture

Musik und Architektur auf wiki X (German language only)

065

Literature| E-Book

Dieter Steincke "Bildgestaltendes Verstehen von Musik" Ebook

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064

Synaesthesia| Interview

"Music modifies my feeling of being in a room."

"Die Musik modifiziert mein Gefühl, im Raum zu sein."
Interview mit Gernot Böhme

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Acoustics| Augmented Sound

Virtual Acoustics for Augmented Reality

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061

Weekend Posts| Monolake



The Music Balloon Sculpture by Robert Henke (Monolake)and Christopher Bauder

1/11/2010

060

Perception| Typing The Sound






















Typing Sound from Long Tran on Vimeo.



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Music Furniture| F4MH
























"F4MH is a self contained micro-stage, performance space and sound-system.

It is an instrument for exploring the vocal range of any human being and is designed for both accomplished vocalists and total musical novices.
A microphone, joystick and sound horns are built into a comfortable lounge chair which houses an audio processing brain. Minute movements of the joystick add vibrant and complex musical effects to the voice, which can be played with freely or mastered with delicate precision.
A player is encouraged to hide behind the microphone and talk, whisper, breathe, wail, sing and explore the vocal chords in ways they would never attempt in normal vocal communication, producing an immersive and heightening experience.
It was designed and created in conjunction but not exclusively for Yamaha Japan and will be exhibited and performed at
FUTURESONIC FESTIVAL 2009 www.futuresonic.com"

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Music Furniture| Experimental "Inside The Rocket" Sound Chair













Nelly Ben Hayoun is a new graduate of the Design Interactions program at the Royal College of Art. His work deals with The Physics of the Impossible, as described below:

The Physics of The Impossible is about contemporary physics, at the crossroads between science and science fiction, testing our perceptions about reality and scientific potential. This interstitial space has the potential to engage our imagination, inspire dreams and extreme experimentations.
Here, you are the hobbyist-amateur maker who decides the possible, the believable, and the alternative. You are the astronaut in the living room, generating dark energy from pigeons' eggs in the kitchen and colliding atoms in the bathroom...

The star piece in this series is the Soyuz Chair, pictured above. Designed in collaboration with Astronaut Jean Pierre Haignere, this La-Z-Boy style recliner recreates either the full 10 minutes or the last 240 seconds of the Soyuz Rocket lift-off, depending on your input into a small control panel embedded in the armrest.
Other pieces include Dark Energy in the Kitchen Sink and From Two Pigeon Eggs Will be Born Dark Energy, two attempts at recreating Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir's Dark Matter experiments at a much smaller scale.

THE Soyuz Chair at SHUNT- july 2009-nelly ben hayoun from nelly on Vimeo.



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Material| Cymatic Ceramics













Ein interessanter Versuch Schwingungsmuster in Keramik einzubinden von Rommert Calje

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Goodies| Game

Nice game on this one >>

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Music Furniture| Xylophone window app















Xylophone window app by Will Gurley. Not shure if this one really works. more>>

1/10/2010

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XXX| Sound Objects

Interessting sound objects on this one:

Zimoun, Test objects and experiments feat. some Untitled Sound Objects from ZIMOUN VIDEO ARCHIVE on Vimeo.


Zimoun : 25 woodworms, wood, microphone, sound system, 2009 from ZIMOUN VIDEO ARCHIVE on Vimeo.


Zimoun : 50 prepared dc-motors / filler wire 1.0mm, 2009 from ZIMOUN VIDEO ARCHIVE on Vimeo.

054

Music Furniture| The Wall Speaker, Ipod Docking Station













Powered by good old valves, the Wall of Sound iPod Speaker claims to the most powerful iPod speaker available.

It’s for “people who believe that music should be listened to loudly,” the company’s website says. “It looks frightening, and it IS frightening.”

Handmade by a company called by Brothers of Stockholm, the first edition of this monster speaker is sold out, so the company is taking pre-orders for a second gen speaker. Only $4,495.00 ;)

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Weekend Posts| Sound Mirror


















"Here's one that ought to have archaeologists scratching their heads in the future: huge parabolic surfaces rendered in concrete, dotting the English coast, dating back to 1915.

What are they? "Sound mirrors." In an era before radar, these enormous structures were clever ways to trap soundwaves and hear incoming enemy airplanes before you could see them, and since the craft in question were slow-flying bi-planes, there was still time to do something about it.

British adoption of radar technology in the '30s killed construction of future sound mirrors, but the extant structures were probably too big and troublesome to demolish."

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Acoustics| Bone Structure



















Using bone conduction, a technology developed for hearing devices, the "touched echo" installation in Dresdon transmits sounds of the cities devastating 1945 carpet bombing through the visitors arms when they rest their elbows on the balustrade and hold their ears. Several custom made sound conductors mounted to the railing send sounds of the airplanes and bombs exploding through vibrations, it's completely silent unless you touch the rail.

Synopsis
"touched echo" is a minimal medial intervention in public space. The visitors of the Brühl's Terrace (Dresden, Germany) are taken back in time to the night of the terrible air raid on 13th February 1945. In their role as a performer they put themselves into the place of the people who shut their ears away from the noise of the explosions. While leaning on the balustrade the sound of airplanes and explosions is transmitted from the swinging balustrade through their arm directly into into the inner ear (bone conduction).



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touched echo
Performative Installation
By Markus Kison
03.10.2007 - 31.10.2008
Brühlsche Terrrasse, Dresden

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Acoustic Furniture| Sound Chanelling Luminaire

















"A project of Audiochmura (Audiocloud) was inspired by the concept of Audioarchitektura (Sonicarchitecture) – brainchild of artist Piotr Adamski and mode:lina. It is a sonic installation using corrugated pipes as amplifiers emitting sounds gathered around its actual position. The shape of a cloud relates to something ephemeral, almost non-existent and likely to move.

Audioarchitektura (Sonicarchitecture) is a utopian vision of a city that cannot be heard. An innovative system of sound emission, which isolates people from the unbearable audiosphere of crowded streets, traffic and all the noise that unnaturally has become an inseparable part of our life.

Invisible Sonic-buildings, spread along the sidewalks, in parks and boulevards, emitting sound waves that drown out the city noise. Passer-by walking in their range are surrounded by the sound of hypnotic composition of Steve Reich’s concert, broadcasted live from the concert hall or a melody of raindrops falling on the tin roofs of urban buildings. Today this is a utopian technology, but Sonic Architecture is also a basis for discussion on acoustic ecology, city’s acoustic landscape and its impact on the inhabitants."

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Material| Sound absorbing ceramics














Weight saving and sound absorbing ceramic brick experiments by Dutch designers Erik Jan Kwakkel and Arnout Visser for www.ekwc.nl

More Info coming soon.

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Tonmöbel Classics| Braun Re-Interpretation





















Re-Braun ist eine von der Frankfurter Gruppe Zirkeltraining modifizierte Version der Audio-Kompaktanlage von 1962. Sie bezeichnen die Neugestaltung als Bootleg und verpassen Ihrer Version eine TFT Anzeige, Mp3 Player und Webradio statt Radioskala und Plattenspieler inkusive netter Details wie dem Zufall Knopf.

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1/09/2010

048

Music Furniture| Inspired by Kairo ?

3D Topographic Wood Table Project















































"These days, you can make almost anything with the right tools. The question then shifts from one of possibility to one of choice – not ‘can’ but ’should’ we build it? This table by anOtherArchitect seeks to answer this call with actions that are much louder than words.

Combining craft, art, design and technology, one architect has created a table full of rich abstract topography that shows one direction of amazing potential with respect to computer-programmed CNC milling. The particular forms cut into the wooden surface happen to represent a computerized conversion of the ambient sounds of noise-polluted Cairo, Egypt – but the source is almost irrelevant as the curved aesthetic seems to ’speak’ (no pun intended) for itself.

As fascinating as the complex landscape is, the joinery of the table top and its stand is perhaps the most impressive use of the technology employed – the exact inverse pattern was cut into the top of the pedestal part so that the underside of the table can slot smoothly into place above it. Crafting something that precise by hand would be nearly impossible."


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1/06/2010

047

Music Furniture| Raymond Scott's Electronium





















This instrument is called the Electronium.
Designed and developed by the music scientist Raymond Scott.

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Weekend Posts| Sebastian Niessen Interview




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Sebastian Niessen| SND, Munich, Germany

"Sebastian Niessen was the synthesizer engineer for Kraftwerk playing an integral part in crafting those sounds, which were such an important precursor to the hip hop and dance music you hear today. Sebastian continued to work as a sound engineer, moving to NYC in '84 where he worked on soundtracks for Raising Arizona and Barton Fink. He is still an instrument designer and synth consultant, and has helped modify instruments for many of today's most forward-thinking artists: from Rob Hood to Peter Kruder, Aphex Twin to Richie Hawtin, Basic Channel and The Modernist. Mr Niessen is also an analogue producer himself, with releases on Compost and Mille Plateau."

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Decode: Digital Design Sensations from Victoria and Albert Museum on Vimeo.

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Tonmöbel Classics| Dieter Rams Interview

Dieter Rams, designer - Cold War Modern from Victoria and Albert Museum on Vimeo.

Braun T1000, designer Dieter Rams - Cold War Modern from Victoria and Albert Museum on Vimeo.

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Music Furniture| Modular Storage Device












"The Uproot furniture series is a table and audio/video cabinet designed to loosen up the neat-freak. Both pieces feature abnormal usage methods yet remain absolutely practical." by Matthew Spencer >>

1/03/2010

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Acoustic Furniture| Wobble Sofa















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"Wallfa is an intriguing two sided piece of furniture that is both wall and sofa. It offers a comfortable sitting area that becomes playful when users interact from both sides of the wall. Movement, sound and touch hint at what might be happening on the other side."

Designer:
Jordi Canudas

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Music Furniture| The Silent Farter and more by Alice Wang


















Chairs for the Dysfunctional by Alice Wang

Silent Farter
Those with excess gas in their abdomen can find it difficult to hold it in sometimes, even at important times such as formal dinner gatherings or meetings. Quietly letting the gas out may be the solution, but although the sound may be muted, the scent is still present. It can often cause misunderstanding and unnecessary embarrassment for the innocent others. This chair announces who the gas is from by amplifying the silent fart exhausted.

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Music Furniture| The Sound Chair











To make his Sound/Chair, designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez started with a 3D plot based on the volume, time and frequency of a short piece of audio.

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Music Furniture| Sound inside ?



















"D-F-A-C-E

Abstraktion eines Mäanderbandes.

Die 6 weißen Linien zwischen den dunklen Korpen stehen für die Notenlinien ( incl. der Hilfslinie C ) im Notensystem. Die Korpen stellen die Noten D,F,A.C,E dar. Jeder einzelne Korpus bietet Stauraum für diverse Utensilien des musizierens. In diesem Beispiel für Mundharmonikas, Gitarrensaiten, CD's, Noten, Plektrums ...

Bezug zum Dualismus.
Lehre die zwei Grundprinzipien des Seins annimmt.

hell-dunkel
natürlich-chemisch
glatt-strukturiert
umschließend-ausbrechend
schwebend-starr
kalt-warm"

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Music Furniture| Drum olé as an event music furniture


















"Bei DRUM OLÉ bleibt niemand still auf seinem Stuhl sitzen - soll er auch nicht. Denn man sitzt auf speziell entwickelten Musikstühlen und wird im Verlauf der Veranstaltung vom Zuschauer zum Teilnehmer.

Das Besondere an DRUM OLÉ ist, dass sich die einzigartigen BAFF Musikmöbel in jedes Event als Loungemöbel oder Tagungs- und Bankettbestuhlung integrieren lassen und gleichzeitig bieten Sie einen überraschenden Zweitnutzen: unsere speziellen Loungehocker oder Musikstühle entpuppen sich im Laufe Ihres Events “überraschend“ zu einem Musikinstrument mit verblüffend hoher Soundqualität."

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