Lateral Office lights up New York City Garment District with "immersive urban instrument"
Canadian studio Lateral Office has installed 12 oversized seesaws that light up and make sounds on the streets of New York City's Garment District. More
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British album cover designer Vaughan Oliver dies at 62
Graphic designer Vaughan Oliver, who created album covers for bands including the Pixies, Cocteau Twins and The Breeders, has passed away at age 62. More
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Aardman blends puppetry with animation for Coldplay music video
Puppetry and a live action ocean made from cling film are combined with 2D animation in the music video for British band Coldplay's single Daddy. More
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Public Records in historic Brooklyn building pairs vegan cafe with nightclub
Shane Davis and partners have overhauled an industrial building in Brooklyn's Gowanus area into a spot that functions as a vegan cafe by day, and a bar and restaurant, complete with a nightclub, after dark. More
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Arthur Carabott designs app that is "like virtual reality for the ears"
London designer Arthur Carabott has worked with composer Anna Meredith to create an augmented reality app that immerses listeners in a piece of music. More
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Yuri Suzuki shows the fun side of sound design in seven offbeat projects
There's a lot more to sound design than special effects, says Yuri Suzuki. The London-based designer talks Dezeen through seven projects that show how he is using design to improve our relationship with noise. More
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William Rawn designs cedar-clad pavilions for Tanglewood campus in the Berkshires
US firm William Rawn Associates has created a series of buildings for a performing arts campus in western Massachusetts, where retractable glass walls allow music to spill outdoors. More
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Stormzy "took south London to the farm" for Glastonbury set
The creative directors behind Stormzy's headline Glastonbury set honoured the British rapper's south London roots with visual nods to Croydon's Brutalist architecture. More
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Mobile phones at gigs impacted design of rapper Dave's recent live show
The set and lighting designers behind UK rapper Dave's Psychodrama tour took the lights on the audience's phones into account when creating the show. More
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Yuri Suzuki gives Raymond Scott's Electronium electronic sequencer an AI makeover
Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki has reimagined a sixty-year-old electronic sequencer machine as a physical piece of music software that uses artificial intelligence to generate melodies. More
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Take That's Greatest Hits tour features a 40-tonne digital sphere
A rotating 10-metre sphere is the centrepiece of the set for British pop group Take That's current world tour, which was designed by Stufish. More
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David Rockwell inserts huge plywood box into The Shed for inaugural concert
David Rockwell has created "a rough and ready kit of parts" for the set of the first concert at New York cultural venue The Shed. More
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Beatie Wolfe's "intelligent" Raw Space album features songs embedded in business cards
Musician Beatie Wolfe has collaborated with eight graphic designers to create an album of cards that listeners tap against a smartphone to play. More
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Quebec City architecture students create B15 installation based on electropop music
A down-tempo, electronica song by a Montreal singer informed the design of an all-white installation created by students in a studio led by Canadian architect Jean Verville. More
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Teenage Engineering releases a "poor man's" modular synthesiser system
Stockholm-based studio Teenage Engineering has created a portable modular system that aims to offer a cheaper alternative to a regular analogue synth. More
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro unveils twisted pyramidal tower for Barbican concert hall
Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro the London Centre for Music at the Barbican will be "a concert hall for the 21st century", within a twisted pyramid-shaped tower. More
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Yuri Suzuki and Pentagram drop anti-Brexit acid house album
Japanese artist Yuri Suzuki has released an acid house record and corresponding video protesting Brexit and the rise of anti-immigrant mentality. More
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Childish Gambino invites festival-goers to switch off in immersive wellness installation
American rapper Childish Gambino has built a multi-sensory "wellness centre" that encourages festival-goers to relax and reconnect with one another. More
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Drake's "super democratic" tour features 200 drones and a flying Ferrari
Two hundred drones, a digital LED floor and a flying yellow Ferrari were among the visual tricks used by creative director Willo Perron in the production of Canadian rapper Drake's latest tour. More
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Aphex Twin launches creepy merchandise based on his music videos
Electronic musician Aphex Twin has released a line of merchandise that references his music videos, including a series of teddy bears with menacing human faces and an anti-pollution mask. More
