Musical instruments
Kelly Wearstler’s first-ever piano features “sensual and unexpected” curves
Teenage Engineering releases “world’s first medieval electronic instrument”
Yamaha and ÉCAL students design music players that encourage physical interaction
Nord ID Riga makes sound visible in graphic design for Latvian Academy of Music
Teenage Engineering releases a “poor man’s” modular synthesiser system
NEON creates wind-powered installation that mimics the sound of 500 galloping horses
Xylophone-like pavilion built for London Festival of Architecture
Martino Gamper creates drum kits for Nike with Flyknit skins
Axel Bluhme’s drum machine triggers sounds using rotating discs of magnets
Imogen Heap’s music gloves could help disabled people “fulfil what’s in their head”
Fabrica researchers create electronic musical instrument from stones and wood
Squishy silicone keys control pitch and volume on ROLI’s musical Seaboard
Ceramophone is a percussion instrument with keys made of porcelain tiles
Klein Dytham Architecture gives Fender’s first flagship store a welcoming feel
Love Hultén’s MDLR-37 synthesiser takes the form of a fold-out wooden toolkit
Yuri Suzuki gives Raymond Scott’s Electronium electronic sequencer an AI makeover
Herzog & de Meuron designs table version of Unterlinden museum lighting
George Philip Wright’s Vochlea gadget transforms human voice into instruments
Annabelle Selldorf designs New York showroom for piano maker Steinway & Sons
Wintergatan Marble Machine plays music with metal balls
Musician Gergely Bogányi offers a curvaceous take on the traditional grand piano
Piet Zwart Institute students combine musical instruments with furniture and homeware
Household objects become musical instruments with Sound Pegs by Nick Brennan