Enya Just Made a Guitar Anyone Can Play for $199
Most of us have a complicated relationship with music-making. We admire people who can pick up an instrument and just… play. We’ve maybe even tried…
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These Musicians Turn Obsolete Tape Decks Into Living Instruments
There’s something wonderfully defiant about watching three musicians hunched over dusty reel-to-reel tape recorders, coaxing haunting melodies from technology most people consider obsolete. The Japanese…
Magnetic instrument presents a more playful way to create music
When people think of musical instruments, they most probably think first of traditional ones like guitars, pianos, and violins. These days, music can come from…
Mesmerizing sculptural instrument uses water for an otherworldly musical light show
There are plenty of art installations set up around the world, but the majority of them have a “look but don’t touch” policy. After all,…
Wood Bugle Cube comes with layers of hand-carved birch plywood to produce sound
If you are a musician, you may have already imagined building a custom instrument at one point in your career. It is not an easy…
Grovemade’s Task Knife turns a humble design tool into an incredibly desirable instrument
Bringing aspects of design to the very tool you’d use for designing purposes, the Grovemade Task Knife is to cutters and scalpels what Moleskine is…
Connecting Vibrations
MUTE is a musical instrument created with cooperation from the Shema organization to help educate partially and fully deaf children so they can share the…
Sounds of the Sea
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine a grand piano… now, take that image and completely forget about it! That’s the idea behind Oyster….
Music on the Moov
MoovBox is a portable synthesizer that aims to revolutionize music listening by introducing an active approach to mixing audio while on the move. Like the…
The Sound of Sight
The Synaesynth is a twist on the synthesizer that transforms the colors of your life into audible sound. The combination hardware/software translates imagery directly into…
A Guitarist Must Have
The PIK stool combines the joy of playing music with the elegance and comfort of modern furniture design. Targeted specifically at acoustic guitar players, the…
Rockin’ Dicycle
The Marshall (yes, as in the amp maker!) Dicycle combines the functionalities of two unexpected pairs in one wild cycle design that parties on the…