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Synth Design Hackathon 2022

In January - February 2022 seven academies joined the Synth Design Hackathon. Participants had 4 days to design and build a sound bending experience.From instruments to sound art devices and interactive installations, the results were inspiring! Click the projects below to watch the projects videos, behind the scenes, images and descriptions.We're already planning the next event, so drop us an email if you wanna join as an academic institute, or a local community!

In January - February 2022 seven academies joined the Synth Design Hackathon. Participants had 4 days to design and build a sound bending experience. From instruments to sound art devices and interactive installations, the results were inspiring! Click the projects below to watch the projects videos, behind the scenes, images and descriptions.

We're already planning the next event, so drop us an email if you wanna join as an academic institute, or a local community!

Record Loop LAthe
by
Livni Holtz
Cornelis Hartog

An instrument that can be played by manipulating a feedback and records at the same time

Design Academy Eindhoven
INSIDE
by
BoRee Rijzinga

Bring your inner state out

Design Academy Eindhoven
teaparty
by
Aram Amir Pundak
Justus Kaufmann

A kettle that makes music, and tea.

Betzalel Academy Jerusalem
Daisy Suit
by
Rebekka Jochem

A suit to disguise your identity.

Design Academy Eindhoven
Improvizer
by
Ana Neves

A retro-type arcade machine to experiment with improvization

Design Academy Eindhoven
RainbowAccessMemory
by
Tudor Dobrescu

An arcade game generating random audio-visual patterns that players must replicate when prompted.

Caragiale National University
DoMi
by
Noa Musih
Elinor Merkier

A sleek domino-style blocks sequencer for infinite compositions

Betzalel Academy Jerusalem
ENTHROPY SYNTHESIZER (EM_001)
by
Aleksandra Fixl

An audiovisual installation which reflects soundscapes in a visual format

Design Academy Eindhoven
Alien Glitch Sound Machine (Live From Jupiter*)
by
Siem Oosterhof

A Weird Synth&Drum-machine Combined

Design Academy Eindhoven
Cyber Drummers
by
Kasia Łukaszuk

Arcade-inspired laser drum sequencer game

Design Academy Eindhoven
fUtUre frUits
by
Rosa Haasnoot

A live sound experience of the growth of futuristic fruits.

Design Academy Eindhoven
Soniferous feed
by
Nicolas Seiler

An installation translating Twitter conversations into sound.

Design Academy Eindhoven
AstroSynth
by
Asaf Balaga
Elisha Barzilai

A mysterious other worldly object has arrived on earth, offering an alternative communication channel between itself and it’s surrounding.

Betzalel Academy Jerusalem
MOONWALKER
by
Ahmet Selcuk Dis

A Synth Shoe made for the Moon

Design Academy Eindhoven
Project 51uG
by
Yannick Urselmann
Joe Everett-Hicks
Timothy Samosir

An interactive dystopian parasite developed to increase worker output

Fontys Engineering Eindhoven
UNLOCKED
by
Aaron Preyer

An interactive sound installation that exposes emotional triggers through touch and sound.

Design Academy Eindhoven
MAGNIFIED
by
Rosa Hanssen
Tristan Guyot

Magnifying sound by electromagnetic movement

Design Academy Eindhoven
BRN-FREQ
by
Philippe Gaud
Laurin Böhm

A pocket sized ambient music generator, to help you focus or sleep.

Design Academy Eindhoven
Troglophonic
by
Nick Donaldson

A cave dwelling creature that responds to light and touch

Colorado University
GRMPY
by
Sophie Bohlmann

A grumpy creature that lets you know its emotional state

Design Academy Eindhoven
FRÜGELA
by
Maria Murphy

Alien botanical garden.

Design Academy Eindhoven
EARTH BABY
by
BoRee Rijzinga
Lara van der Poel

An ecosystem in your hands

Design Academy Eindhoven
Organ Organ
by
Rosa Hanssen

A synthesizer that alters the voice of an individual to provide empowerment through sounds inspired by church organs

Design Academy Eindhoven
Fruit of the chime tree
by
Leopold Inkapööl

A hybrid electronic chime space

Design Academy Eindhoven
RetroAmbience
by
Jordan Evans
Harvey Fretwelll

Retro and ambient sequencer and drum machine

Birmingham City University
Synaesthetic Living Calendar
by
Mirela Alistar

Hear the passage of time

Colorado University
Arc8sound
by
Cristina Bodnărescu
Florin Mazilu
Bogdan Alexandru Sfetcu

A musical instrument designed like an arcade machine to explore 8-bit-like sounds.

Caragiale National University
Gaia's Project
by
Diana Chiru
Alexandra Musat

Control how nature sounds like by using this magic altar

Politehnica University of Bucharest
Polyphonic Conductive Harp
by
Daniel Hromada
Iolanda M. Hromada

Vibe-generating universal turing machine attached to a kitchen tray resonator

Berlin University of the Arts
Oopsy Daisy
by
Traian Antonovici
Constantin Șimon

A toy that is sometimes enjoyed when caressed, but can also be annoying

Music4glovers
by
Junming Li
Siyang Hao
Vasileios Kyriakoglou

A synthesizer focusing on interactivity and connecting sound with movement.

Birmingham City University
Plant Sines
by
Nir Neria
Yoav Balaban

A Planter that monitors the plant and communicates the conditions through music

Betzalel Academy Jerusalem
Aural Thread - Sonic Web
by
Paula Vogels

An environment in which fabric can be explored in a multisensorial way

Design Academy Eindhoven
WHAC A BEER
by
Tijn Kerkhofs
Izaskun Comas
Thijs Luijten

Drinking game to bring people together!

Fontys Engineering Eindhoven
Spatial Transmutation
by
Billy Stump
Douglas Sternberg
Colten Mendelson
Nathaniel "Lyric" Lerma

A manipulatable aural reflection of the ambient sounds of a space.

Colorado University
Box Buddy
by
Dholon Akter
Iris de Rooij
Jochem J.M. Van

Box that interacts with the world

Fontys Engineering Eindhoven
Everything Instrument
by
Ruhan Yang
Casey Hunt

A platform to turn anything into an instrument.

Colorado University
Musical Spinner
by
Denis Flueraru
Anne Marie Stegaru

An Interactive Randomness Machine

Politehnica University of Bucharest
Creature in a box
by
Demian Verheesen
Joshua Fechner
Jaylong Verschuren

Mechanical creature in a shoe box that's scared of you

Fontys Engineering Eindhoven
Time Attack
by
Maxwell Lewis
David Ifland
Eric Soto
Chris Richard Anthony

A stand-alone rhythm game and drum sampler

Colorado University
Music Box
by
Valentin Volosovich
Carlos Gutierrez Bierbooms
Dorieke Sangers

A music game for interested in learning or practicing music

Fontys Engineering Eindhoven
Wub Bot
by
Jan Humprey Quindoyos
Patrick Barker
Liam Hodge
Ethan Davies
Daniel Mclaren

Rocking desktop synthesis creature that reacts to external stimulation

Birmingham City University
Mask
by
Group 1

Wearable instrument attached to the mask

Berlin University of the Arts
FloraSense
by
Dogioiu Dragos Ion
Raul Iordachescu

A musical plant that reacts to its environment.

Politehnica University of Bucharest
Earth box
by
Loek Lankhorst
Etienne de Kort
bart Rodrigues de Miranda

A box to control earth with your own hands.

Fontys Engineering Eindhoven
ParaAtmos
by
Deepali Mistry
Callum Flanagan
Ellice Ramsay-Slavic
Kristian McGurran
Stefan Elmes

An artistically driven synthesiser that reinvents the environment that surrounds it

Birmingham City University
aMAZEing paths in life
by
Raphael
Joke
Christian
Ahmet

A maze of life's decisions and rooms of experiences

Fontys Engineering Eindhoven
Under the Couch
by
Inbar Friedman
Guy Bloomenfeld

A musical experience of interaction with the mysterious habitat beneath the couch.

Betzalel Academy Jerusalem

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