Plug and Play
Years of clubbing and raving till dawn have taken their toll on many of us trying to live normal, productive lives. I am not exactly…
Audio
Silence is Loud
I always kind of liked the old egg-crate design of acoustic dampening you see in recording studios and theaters. But this latest design by Altera…
MMMuummmuummuusssssiiiiiiiiccccc for the deaf
Before I get tons of comments as to the merits(or lack there of) of this design, hear me out. I am all for inspiring designers…
Blockenspiel…you know, for kids!
Bust out the aspirin and put down that toy AK-47 fully automatic machine gun you were thinking about buying Junior for his birthday and think…
The Empire Strikes a Chord
Let’s face it, taking over the universe or shooting womp rats in your T-16 back home should be as easy as making music with this…
Music a la mode…
Gadgets as fashion…don’t want it, don’t try it, can’t stand it… oh wait, unless of course it is done as well as this MP3 player…
Speak-er
Designer Sherwood Forlee (love the name) has a sense a humor for stating the obvious. A speaker is a device that converts electrical energy into…
SpeakerBox, Just A Little Retro
Most speaker related peripherals have a very modern or futuristic flare to their design. The SpeakerBox by Mark van Giessel eschews that trend for another…
The Sound Of Music
The Sound From Wind is hands down the most innovative if not frivolous bicycle accessory to date. What you get are a pair of flutes…
Button Down Tunes
Plenty of designers have attempted to fuse fashion with gadgets. Most have been unsuccessful with often designs that were either complicated, cumbersome or just plain…
Face melting Vinyl Stereo Speakers
Ed Lewis (aka Fungus Amungus) has posted a great do-it-yourself project that combines one of my favorite art forms with another of my favorite art…
A Humble Grand?
From the 50 coats high gloss paint to the 5000 seat auditoriums they occupy, there’s nothing intimate or understated about a grand piano. A concerto…