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Listening to Shin Hae-cheol, and remembering what he said
From the opening of “To You” to Yali the chick, late-night radio and “Dream of a Freshwater Eel”: the places where Shin Hae-cheol’s songs and words met everyday life.
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Music that takes a thousand years to hear in full
Longplayer is designed to avoid repeating the same combination for a thousand years. Sustaining the composition also means enabling future generations to keep it playing.
Before it became a bag’s pattern, it covered a truck
FREITAG cuts used truck tarps into bags. The material explains why colors and lettering differ even between bags of the same model.
A bench from your hometown in the neighborhood park
Copenhagen’s Superkilen gathers objects from different countries chosen by local residents. Their memories helped shape the park’s facilities.
One small push, and the face keeps nodding
Hoptimist uses a round face and a spring to answer a touch with movement. A simple ornament gives a small physical response without complicated functions.
A sculpture that takes in wind and walks along the beach
Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest walks through linked plastic tubes and joints. Carefully chosen lengths turn rotation into a movement that resembles a creature’s gait.
An album sent into space to introduce Earth
The Voyager Golden Record carries Bach, Chuck Berry, and greetings in many languages. Its grooves hold sound and images for an unknown listener who may never find it.
After paddling, fold the kayak back into a box
Oru Kayak folds its hull for storage. The design changes how much space a waterside hobby asks for at home.
Making beats on a circuit board that looks like a calculator
The pocket operator places buttons and a display on a small exposed circuit board. PO-33 K.O! can also turn short recordings of nearby sounds into musical material.