Category — master thesis

kei: Kommerzielle, experimentelle Instrumente / MIDI-Kontroller:
Yamaha, Mibudi (1994) (nur in Japan veröffentlicht)

The Miburi represents a rare excursion by a large, commercial organization into the uncharted waters of interface design.
(Teresa Marrin, 1996, Toward an Understanding of Musical Gesture/ MIT Master thesis)

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“Tweet a Sound” ist ein in Max/MSP geschriebenes Programm, mit dem man Sounds generieren und anschließend twittern kann.

Tweet A Sound: getting started tutorial from Andrew Spitz on Vimeo. [Read more →]

In einem kurzen Artikel auf johnnyholland.org erörtert Vicky Teinaki warum ein Interface nicht grundsätzlich intuitiv sein kann.

These cycles of learning happen so fast, that once they’re over, it’s easy to forget they even happened. But they’re there.

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Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale of pioneering synth pop band Devo admit they failed to save the world from backward decline. Music devolves as music tech evolves, so artists no longer need to make decisions.

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analoger DrumSynthesizer:
Donca matic Rockmate (1966)

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Dan Saffer, “Attention Awareness for Interaction Designers 2009″ auf der Interaction´09 Konferenz.

Moonwalking Bears?

Dan Saffer – Attention Awareness for Interaction Designers 2009 from Interaction Design Association on Vimeo.
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Glenn Branca, Symphony 5
Branca: Gitarren-Hero, Komponist, Dirigent, strange tunings, Repetition und Symphonien für 100 Elektrische Gitarren.

Irgendwo im Niergendwo zwischen Klassik und Rock:

tolles Objekt von Schulze & Webb:

Olinda is a prototype DAB radio that shares listening with friends, is customisable with modular hardware, and aims to provoke discussion on the future and design of radios for the home.
Olinda is by BBC Audio & Music, with Schulze & Webb.

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Jessica Banks & Ayah Bdeir (Little Bits) @ mind08 / The Design and the Elastic Mind Symposium

(video@seedmagazine)

???

this is a trust based thing. (…) No patents, you have to let go with the ego you have to share don´t waste your time and your money looking at the patents
and trying to defend them, move on, have another idea tomorrow, don´t be afraid.

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little bits – Open Source Physical Computing für Dummies
Designer: Ayah Bdeir & Smart Design

Das Video erklärt´s:

littleBits intro from ayah bdeir on Vimeo. [Read more →]