Hungarian design student Zsanett Szirmay has transferred folk embroidery patterns onto strips for a punched card music box, which plays the traditional motifs as sounds (+ slideshow). More about Zsanett Szirmay turns cross-stitch patterns into musical scores
Perforated and panelled woodwork line four acoustic rooms designed by architecture studio Adept for a museum in a former broadcasting house in Copenhagen (+ slideshow). More about Adept creates timber-lined music rooms that each suit different instruments
Food design studio Bompas & Parr has made whisky tasting more theatrical by using a church organ to heighten the perception of different flavours while drinking. More about The Flavour Conductor by Bompas & Parr enhances different flavours in whisky
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Roland Lamb, inventor of the squishy-keyed Seaboard piano that won the Designs of the Year 2014 product category, claims we are on the cusp of a new generation of "multidimensional" digital musical instruments. More about Advances in digital interfaces will lead to a "new beginning in music"
The latest poster series from Italian architect and illustrator Federico Babina takes 27 popular songs, from the likes of David Bowie, Amy Winehouse, Elvis Presley and Mozart, and transforms them into cartoon buildings. More about Classic songs become buildings in Federico Babina's Archimusic illustrations
Milan 2014: students from the Piet Zwart Institute created a series of interactive objects exploring sound in a domestic context for their Instruments Reimaging the Music Room exhibition in Milan last month (+ slideshow). More about Piet Zwart Institute students combine musical instruments with furniture and homeware
An instrument played by hitting a series of rocks has been created by designers at Italian research group Fabrica for a member of their music team's latest album (+ movie). More about Fabrica researchers create electronic musical instrument from stones and wood
A keyboard by East London technology start-up ROLI, with soft keys that allow musicians to alter the pitch, volume and timbre of individual notes, has come out on top in the Designs of the Year 2014 product category (+ slideshow). More about Squishy silicone keys control pitch and volume on ROLI's musical Seaboard
These white hexagonal ceramic speakers by Finnish company Unmonday can connect to each other wirelessly by being rolled onto different sides. More about Ceramic speakers replace buttons with orientation-sensitive controls
Books, records, plant pots and even shoes can be turned into musical instruments thanks to British designer Nick Brennan’s Sound Pegs device (+ slideshow). More about Household objects become musical instruments with Sound Pegs by Nick Brennan
ECAL student Renaud Defrancesco has designed a transparent acrylic glass headband that passes music vibrations across its surface to the ears. More about Headphones by Renaud Defrancesco transmit music through clear plastic band
Two dance studios at the top of this copper-clad music conservatory in Paris by local studio Basalt Architecture project outwards from the facade to capture plenty of natural daylight (+ slideshow). More about Paris music school by Basalt Architecture features copper walls and cantilevered studios
News: three months after leaving online retailer Fab, its co-founder and ex design chief Bradford Shellhammer has announced that his next career step will be to form a rock band with British designer Tom Dixon. More about Fab's ex design chief and Tom Dixon to start a rock band
Dezeen Music Project: London artist Di Mainstone is developing an electronic instrument that enables performers to make music from the subtle vibrations of suspension bridge cables (+ movie). More about Di Mainstone's Human Harp creates music from suspension bridges
London Design Festival 2013: sound machines that transform and distort visitors' voices feature in this interactive installation by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki (+ slideshow + movie). More about Garden of Russolo by Yuri Suzuki
Five little robots travel along lines drawn in felt-tip-pen and turn coloured scribbles into music in this installation by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki (+ movie). More about Looks Like Music by Yuri Suzuki
Researchers in Canada have designed a family of prosthetic musical instruments, including an external spine and a touch-sensitive rib cage, that create music in response to body gestures (+ interview + slideshow). More about Instrumented Bodies by Joseph Malloch and Ian Hattwick
A grand top-lit atrium forms an entrance to concerts, recitals and classrooms at this music school in Manchester by local architects Stephenson: ISA Studio (+ slideshow). More about Chetham's Music School by Stephenson: ISA Studio
This kit by Royal College of Art graduate Neil Merry allows musicians to control sound and lighting effects at their gigs by slinging the microphone around or waggling their instruments about (+ movie). More about Plug + Play by Neil Merry
German designer Philipp Weber's glassblowing pipe with valves like a trumpet won the New Talents Award at DMY Berlin last week (+ movie). More about Strange Symphony by Philipp Weber