The DIY Gramophone Made Out Of Paper.
Design student, Jón Hólmgeirsson, from the Iceland Academy of the Arts has designed a fold-it-yourself gramaphone.
Called the ‘Jónófón’, the paper gramophone consists of a plywood base, a paper cup, and a thick paper horn to amplify sound.
Yet another item to add to my list of nifty things I’d like to have. Too bad he hasn’t announced his release date yet.
Source: designtaxi.com
Love stop-motion? Watch “Bounce Bounce.”
Stop-motion extraordinaire Hayley Morris created this video for “Bounce Bounce,” a song from Hilary Hahn (Grammy winning American Violinist) and Hauschka’s (German modernist composer) album Silfra. Morris explains:
When Hauschka performs he takes different recognizable objects and places them into his piano to alter the sound. I wanted to take the same approach as the music’s creation and have the materials themselves create a narrative and look.
Also watch one of our earlier posts on Hauschka beautifully improvising a prepared piano piece.
Source: junk-culture.com
Upright Piano made of 30,000 b&w buttons!
Sculptor Augusto Esquivel’s made Upright Piano using 30,000 black and white sewing buttons!
Some thoughts from the sculptor:
I realize how insignificant and small a simple sewing button can be as it lays in my grandmother’s sewing box, but at the same time how unique and precious it can become as part of a work of art. Like an atom in a molecule, each button serves and shapes the whole. I hold the button to my ear and it whispers to me, ‘I want to be…..’
Watch this video for a closer look at the button piano.
Source: mymodernmet.com
