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
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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
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Instrumented Bodies by Joseph Malloch and Ian Hattwick
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
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Strange Symphony by Philipp Weber
German designer Philipp Weber's glassblowing pipe with valves like a trumpet won the New Talents Award at DMY Berlin last week (+ movie). More
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Heinz Beanz Flavour Experience by Bompas & Parr
Food designers Bompas & Parr have come up with a musical spoon that you listen to through your mouth and a set of handmade bowls to match five new flavours of Heinz baked beans. More
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The Sound of the Earth by Yuri Suzuki
As a needle passes over this vinyl globe by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki, it plays folk music and national anthems from around the world (+ movie). More
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Chimecco by Mark Nixon
Mark Nixon of London studio CZWG has turned a bridge in Aarhus, Denmark, into a musical instrument by hanging metal pipes from the underside. More
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Bell-orgel by Nendo
Japanese designers Nendo have designed these three wooden bells containing mechanisms from children's musical boxes. More
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REC & PLAY by Yuri Suzuki and Oscar Diaz
These pens by London designers Yuri Suzuki and Oscar Diaz can record sound as a line on paper and then play it back. More
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Slightly Windy by José Ferrufino
This music box designed by ÉCAL University of Art and Design Lausanne graduate José Ferrufino uses the movement of the musical mechanism to cause sticks of barley to gently sway. More
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Guitars for OK Go by Moritz Waldemeyer
At a concert in London last week rock band OK Go performed with guitars customised by London designer Moritz Waldemeyer, featuring LEDs and lasers. More
