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  • Nord ID Riga makes sound visible in graphic design for Latvian Academy of Music

    Musicians "painted" with their instruments to create the enigmatic graphics in the centenary publication of the Latvian Academy of Music, designed by local studio Nord ID Riga. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 26 November 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Love Hultén's MDLR-37 synthesiser takes the form of a fold-out wooden toolkit

    Swedish audiovisual artist Love Hultén has combined nostalgic and new references to create his MDLR-37 synthesiser, which folds up similarly to an old-fashioned toolbox. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 2 June 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Lee Broom's virtual launch of Maestro chair features movie with 30 classical musicians

    Dezeen Showroom: London designer Lee Broom has unveiled a chair that pays homage to musical instruments, commissioning an orchestra to perform music by Debussy while seated on the chairs for the virtual launch. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 14 September 2020 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 8 May 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 28 January 2019 | Leave a comment
  • NEON creates wind-powered installation that mimics the sound of 500 galloping horses

    Thirty-two wind turbines recreate the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground, in this installation that architecture studio NEON has created at Chesters Roman Fort, in the north of England. More

    Danil Boparai | 8 September 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Herzog & de Meuron designs table version of Unterlinden museum lighting

    This trumpet-shaped table lamp by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron is based on pendant lighting originally designed for a French museum. More

    Emma Tucker | 24 April 2017 | Leave a comment
  • George Philip Wright's Vochlea gadget transforms human voice into instruments

    Graduate shows 2016: this prototype tool by Royal College of Art graduate George Philip Wright can transform users' voices into drums, guitars and other musical instruments (+movie).  More

    Emma Tucker | 3 July 2016 | 1 comment
  • Xylophone-like pavilion built for London Festival of Architecture

    London Festival of Architecture 2016: architecture studio pH+ has created a pavilion in Greenwich that can be played like a giant musical instrument (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 21 June 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Martino Gamper creates drum kits for Nike with Flyknit skins

    Milan 2016: designer Martino Gamper explains how he repurposed the Flyknit material Nike uses in its shoes to create drum skins in our next movie from the sports brand's The Nature of Motion exhibition in Milan. More

    Benedict Hobson | 16 May 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Annabelle Selldorf designs New York showroom for piano maker Steinway & Sons

    Architect Annabelle Selldorf has completed a New York store for Steinway & Sons, featuring wooden design elements that reference the company's handcrafted pianos (+ slideshow). More

    Jenna McKnight | 13 April 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Wintergatan Marble Machine plays music with metal balls

    Thousands of metal marbles tumble through this wooden contraption by Swedish musician Martin Molin, which is operated with gears to produce different sounds and create tunes (+ movie). More

    Dan Howarth | 10 March 2016 | 3 comments
  • Axel Bluhme's drum machine triggers sounds using rotating discs of magnets

    Royal College of Art student Axel Bluhme has developed an interactive drum machine that uses an analogue interface of spinning discs and magnets to combine digital sounds (+ movie). More

    Anna Winston | 7 April 2015 | 3 comments
  • Imogen Heap's music gloves could help disabled people "fulfil what's in their head"

    Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: the Mi.Mu gesture-control gloves developed by musician Imogen Heap could lead to more accessible ways of making music, say early adopters of the wearable technology (+ movie). More

    Benedict Hobson | 12 February 2015 | 3 comments
  • Musician Gergely Bogányi offers a curvaceous take on the traditional grand piano

    Hungarian pianist Gergely Bogányi has redesigned the grand piano to improve the quality of the sound produced, resulting in an unusual sculptural form (+ movie). More

    Dan Howarth | 22 January 2015 | 14 comments
  • Piet Zwart Institute students combine musical instruments with furniture and homeware

    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

    Katie Treggiden | 7 May 2014 | 3 comments
  • Fabrica researchers create electronic musical instrument from stones and wood

    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

    Dan Howarth | 7 May 2014 | 1 comment
  • Squishy silicone keys control pitch and volume on ROLI's musical Seaboard

    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

    Alyn Griffiths | 30 April 2014 | 1 comment
  • Household objects become musical instruments with Sound Pegs by Nick Brennan

    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

    Matt Hussey | 8 March 2014 | 4 comments
  • Di Mainstone's Human Harp creates music from suspension bridges

    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

    Benedict Hobson | 15 December 2013 | 1 comment
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