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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

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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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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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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.