Avec cette vidéo instructive, Pahnl nous propose de découvrir l’art du pochoir et nous permet de comprendre les différentes étapes ainsi que la minutie exigée pour créer une oeuvre. Simple, bien réalisée et montée, cette vidéo à découvrir dans la suite est un véritable making-of d’une peinture au pochoir.
Give your iPad’s sound an eight-decible boost with a simple clip-on
The iPad’s rear-facing speakers are considered by many as the device’s only real design misstep, doing little to enhance the overall listening experience. Created as a simple solution for the iPad 2 and new iPad, The Boast mimics the act of cupping one’s hand while holding the tablet to…
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Tend is a project that focuses on Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), a disorder common in children with autism, Asperger’s, and other syndromes. Those suffering from the disorder find it difficult to transition between environments, such as going from a quiet car ride to a noisy restaurant. This solution maintains the volume between environments making the transition easier. Styled like modern headphones, the device also has a sporty look and feel that the user will feel comfortable wearing in public.
Designer: Mitch Soper
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We asked Lindsey Adelman to create a custom speaker for a unique audio experience during NYC Design Week
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Best known for her hand-blown glass and sculptural brass lighting fixtures, Lindsey Adelman is no stranger to exploring the limits of industrial design. Driven by this pionering spirit, Adelman’s studio, in collaboration with Kiel Mead of the AmDC, teamed up with Sonos to create the “Soundalier”, a centerpiece for the Sonos Listening Library being held at The Standard East Village at Noho Design District during NYC Design Week 2012. This gorgeously inventive speaker fixture embodies Adelman’s bold design while showcasing the supreme quality and adaptability of the wireless Play: 3 speaker from Sonos.
Inspired by Mead’s initial idea and starting from a photoshopped collage, Adelman repurposed an existing BB.05.01 lighting fixture by replacing the globes with speakers, customizing it to create a piece that demands attention. “It’s new. I love that the form has integrity but is also quirky. The way the speakers are so massive next to the skinny brass arms, you wouldn’t think the frame couldn’t hold their weight. It’s really unexpected and fun,” says Adelman.
The raw brass frame has been given a dark bronze patina to play off the clean aesthetic of the Sonos Play: 3 speakers, making for a beautiful juxtaposition that nicely compliments the other designers showcased in the Listening Library. The Soundalier will be suspended above the custom-designed room holding a collection of design pieces by the likes of Pete Oyler, Evan Dublin and The Future Perfect to create a truly unique listening experience.
The exclusively designed Soundalier and its accompanying collection of designs curated by Kiel Mead will be shown in the Sonos Listening Library at The Standard East Village as part of the Noho Design District. Exhibit hours are Friday 18 – Monday 21 May 2012 from 12 Noon to 7:00 p.m.
Avec une technique utilisant une caméra Kinect et d’autres éléments, Daniel Franke et Cedric Kiefer parviennent à nous dévoiler ce projet de “Unnamed Soundsculpture”. Avec un rendu inhabituel, cette performance numérique est basée sur le fait de capter les mouvements.
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Art object meets hi-fi home sound system encased in 350-year-old Swiss spruce
Designed by master guitar-builder Jeanmichel Capt with the exceptional creativity and skill he employs to sculpt musical instruments, the JMC Soundboard creates a beautifully encased sound system that blends seamlessly into most any environment. Built with time-honored techniques used in making JMC guitars, the speaker blurs the line between art object and home audio system. The Soundboard has been around for some time now, but we only recently got to experience it in person—between the uncannily thin silhouette and masterful uniformity of sound, it certainly struck a chord.
JMC opts to use spruce that has been harvested of 350-year-old felled trees in the Swiss Risoud Forest, rather than more exotic woods that may cause deforestation. With the chosen wood of JMC’s legendary luthiers, the lightweight but rigid body—carved paper-thin—creates excellent response to vibrations, offering the listener a concert-like experience unique to the Soundboard.
The convex surface design disperses sound evenly throughout a room, as opposed to traditional speakers that need twice the number of units to achieve a similar effect. A sophisticated omnidirectional wave creates what they call a “pervasive musical climate”, in which volume and resonance stay precisely uniform whether you’re standing across the room or with your ear up to the Soundboard.
While we’ve seen other home audio adaptations available on the market it seems the JMC Soundboard provides the most elegant solution to cumbersome speaker systems. Check JMC online for their expansive list of dealers worldwide.
Art-inspired grills deck out our latest audio giveaway
As part of a New Year’s resolution to up our music game, we’re giving away a special-edition Sonos Play:5 speaker system to one of our readers. With a custom grill bearing music-inspired art, these speakers are the largest—and most powerful—of the Sonos line. The line made an impressive debut at the NADA Art Fair, where Sonos teamed up with a crop of artists to produce and sell the limited run of custom speakers to benefit Creative Growth, an Oakland arts center for adults with disabilities.
The grills feature artwork from Susan Janow, Donald Mitchell, Gerone Spruill and Aurie Ramirez of Creative Growth. As it turns out, the pieces make a brilliant canvas to incorporate artwork into everyday items. Besides the design appeal, the Sonos system incorporates five integrated speakers and five Class-D digital amplifiers that pump room-filling sound with a host of streaming options, and allows you to control playback through a desktop app, a mobile app and a dedicated remote. We hope you enjoy the HiFi sound and streaming ease as much as we do here in the CH HQ.
For the giveaway, we’re letting the winner select one of the four designs shown here. To win, Tweet your favorite song of the moment to @coolhunting and @sonos with the hashtag #CHSonosGiveaway. We’ll be taking entries through 12 a.m. EST on Wednesday, 11 January.
A sound architect’s latest projects debut with musical fanfare at Miami’s Art Basel festivities
Artist Christopher Janney merges jazz and architecture with a rare balance of logic and imagination, describing his unique method as “painting with sound.” The trained composer is concerned with providing an emotional element to physical structures—to Janney, buildings are “urban musical instruments,” and over the past three decades he has built up an impressive array of site-specific works, from public installations in Miami to an 8,000-square-foot home in Kona according to the “cosmological principles and rhythms of Hawaii.”
Janney’s pedigree boasts a degree in architecture from Princeton and a Masters in Environmental Art from MIT, but he maintains a southern charm reminiscent, in a way, of Bill Clinton when he describes his work as “a gas” and discusses musical tastes from Motown to Zappa. He dissects pieces of Mozart with the ease of a genius composer, but takes a leap from conventional musical expression by visualizing the notes as multi-colored glass installations that refract light in delirious, fantastical ways. In the recently published retrospective book on his work, Janney comments, “I am interested in creating a hyperreality—a place where a person is still aware of being in his normal environment, but elements of it have been heightened or altered—to invite a more interesting daily experience, as well as to push against the idea of urban alienation.”
One of Janney’s most well-known projects to date is his 1995 installation at the Miami International Airport, a cornucopia of colored glass that lined the windows of the 180-foot moving walkway. Dubbed “Harmonic Runway,” the large-scale work was unfortunately removed due to new safety regulations following September 11, 2001.
Now, Janney has created a new light and sound installation at MIA that heralds the vibrant spirit found in Runway but packs an even bigger punch by using the innovative Vanceva glass system. “Harmonic Convergence” will project to travelers passing through a palette of more than 150 transparent colors alongside sounds recorded in Florida Everglades and on ocean SCUBA dives. The density of the sound score fluctuates in accordance to pedestrian activity, which is tracked via two video cameras installed in the ceiling. Topping off the experience is the rap of a short drum beat every hour to mark the time.
The permanent installation, “Harmonic Convergence” is ready to view in Miami, where you can also check out an exhibition highlighting Janney’s three main areas of focus—”Urban Musical Instruments,” “Physical Music” and “Performance Architecture.” Taking the same name as his new book, “Architecture of Air,” the showcase will also be on view during Art Basel (29 November – 4 December 2011) at the Moore Building in the Miami Design District. Those in town for the art extravaganza will not want to miss his concert on 2 December at 9pm, where Janney will perform with The Persuasions in a show called “Disembodied Instruments (Dance Version).”
As a guy who still marvels, “Wow, I made that?” Janney is a driving force in advancing technology and experimenting with the way we react to the world around us, surprising even himself from time to time.
Seven wireless speakers that push the boundaries of sound and design
With Apple’s unrelenting dominance of the consumer marketplace for mobile devices, most high-tech electronics companies are making the push to join in and offer AirPlay-enabled devices capable of wireless streaming directly from iTunes on an iOS device or OSX computer. The following are seven of the newest AirPlay-compatible speakers pushing the limits of technology and design.
The Lower East Side Audio Dock Air, which launches today, 19 October 2011, is a bass-heavy, single-unit system compatible with all iPod and iPad models. Sharing the same advanced engineering and similarly inspired by the same New York neighborhood as the LES Speakers, this new wireless system delivers pure, distortion-free sound with plenty of power. The compact design favors two one-inch tweeters and two three-inch mid-range woofers, giving it its deep bass. Available today for $400 from Audyssey.
By one of the first brands to directly target the AirPlay market and to be backed by Apple, the Zeppelin Air is a near perfect blend of superior audio technology and beautiful design. Available through Amazon for $600.
Although the Zeppelin Air isn’t the newest kid on the block, they’ve recently released the Zeppelin Air mobile app. Compatible with all AirPlay systems, the free downloadable app acts as a real-time jukebox by allowing multiple users to create individual playlists, and then collaboratively edit each other’s lists from separate mobile devices, while their tunes continue to play seamlessly..
The design-driven Dutch company has created a bold, beautiful wireless system in the Fidelio SoundRing. The speakers deliver 360 degrees of surround sound, and look brilliant from any angle at the same time. The compact design allows the circular speaker to be taken from its dock and moved wirelessly throughout the room for stellar audio anywhere. The Fidelio SoundRing, powered by 16W RMS of total output power, will be released in November with a retail price of $300.
The unassuming design of the Air Speaker doesn’t do justice to its sound capabilities, or maybe it’s that the designers wanted the audio to speak for itself. Either way, this wireless system is one we can’t wait to try. Inside the minimalist, box-like speaker are two subwoofers, two tweeters and two mid-range speakers for a total power of 80 watts. Unfortunately for those of us in the States, the Loewe Air Speaker will not be released in North America. The European market launch is set for late November 2011 where it will be available in multiple colors for $999.
The inAir 5000 blends clean lines and plenty of technology. Packed inside the sleek teardrop shape are two mid-range drivers, two tweeters, three amps, and one banging four-inch subwoofer. With a total output of 110 watts, the inAir 5000 is quite a bit larger than the others and clearly aims for the power seat among its competitors. This system also launches next month, for a price that’s yet to be released.
The Gallery G-17 takes the most impressive speakers from the brand’s larger Gallery Series speaker line to deliver the same rich sound in a pared-down body. The sleek design and high-gloss finish make for an elegant system that sounds just as nice. Designed for wall-mounting or as a tabletop set-up on the dark glass base, the G-17 is set to be released in November 2011 for $550.
The One Foundation Speaker Dock disguises a bundle of advanced features in a handsome, earth-conscious and FSC-certified-wood exterior. The two-channel, all-in-one audio system outputs smooth sound as an iPod/iPhone charging dock with an aux-in connection to hook up any other device as well. Housing two substantial, 5.25-inch woofers for a strong bass, the One Foundation—whose improved, second-generation iteration (pictured is the original) drops in early 2012—makes for a beautiful set-up, inside and out. Once released, it will sell for $600.
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