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MEDS - MEETING OF DESIGN STUDENTS

The HearDrop project aims to stimulate the sense of hearing through the sound created by falling water drops. The idea underlying  the project is to create a connection between sound and water, trying to produce music through water droplets that fall on different materials from different heights.

The wooden structure conceals a circuit in which water can flow freely, composed by two water tanks, a garden hose and seven drippers. The part of the water system suspended in the air is installed into a sinuous shape that resembles the body of a dragon, the symbol of the city of Ljubljana. After a fall of about two meters the water drops end up beating five wooden columns, each covered with a sheet of different materials: plastic, metal, wood and the water itself. The body of the columns amplifies the sound and acts as a sounding board, making the sound louder.

Year: 2012

Type: internationa student workshop MEDS

Tutor: Simona di Vincenzo

Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia

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