Rafael De Cardenas, visionary designer, and Sahra Motalebi, sound artist, combined to bring an eerily unsettling, yet super aesthetic environment based on the design of the maze, entitled AMAZE. The space itself looks like a David Lynch movie combined with mid century modern design, and the sound is a wild, interactive vocal-only sound scape by Sahra Motalebi. … [Read more...]
Vandmand, A Sound Art Installation
Dutch artist Mariska de Groot creates totally unique sound art installations with analog light-to-sound instruments. For "Vandmand", she collaborated with Dutch sound artist Lars Kynde, and they composed a sound and light piece for the Elsinore Girls Marching Band in Copenhagen, with choreography. … [Read more...]
An Ensemble of Instruments by Fedde ten Berge: “Of Nature and Things”
Of Nature and Things is a series of sound art installations by Dutch sound designer Fedde ten Berge, where he collaborated with ceramicist Frank van Os. Three ceramic pieces were built that cause the audience to investigate their sonic, visual and sculptural properties. The audience can explore and interact with the objects, which get more sonically interesting as the audience … [Read more...]
Escape Room Sound Design for the Battle of Britain
photo credit: Oli Harrison, Oliharrison.com Interesting description of escape room sound design, which appears to be an up and coming avenue for sound designers. Escape room sound designer Oli Harrison describes his process of creating an immersive WWII experience for an escape room, transporting the attendants into the audio world of 1940. … [Read more...]
Is Sound Design the Next Frontier for Branding?
Joel Beckerman, Man Made Music (Photo credit: Mickey Alexander)PHOTO CREDIT: MAN MADE MUSIC Intriguing article on branding and “audio pneumonic” construction. Interviews Joel Beckerman, composer and sound designer, on the importance and emergence of audio branding, as compared to visual branding. Beckerman expresses that there is no "lying in sound" … [Read more...]
The Beeping, Gargling History of Gamings Most Iconic Sounds
screenshot from "The Psychology Behind Video Game Sounds (1972-1998), wired.com Cool overview of the history of game sound design and psychoacoustics. With insight from senior audio director at Blizzard Entertainment Russell Brower, the article plunges the depths of vintage 8bit and 16bit games and their sound design. The "dying" sound in 'Space Invaders' and the coin grab … [Read more...]