Sensible Music

A current health risk for a lot of people, especially youth, is music induced hearing loss. Young people turn up the volume of their music on their mp3 player to feel the low tones, increasing the risk of hearing loss. With this project I presented a design to really feel the music when listening to it with an mp3-player while having the music’s volume on a healthy level; Sensible Music. The Dutch Hearing Society makes young people aware of the risks of music induced hearing loss and acted as an expert partner.

The main product consists of three parts: the filtering module and two separate vibration motors. The signal of an mp3-player is filtered and the lower frequencies are translated to the two vibration motors. The vibration motors are attached to the wires of the ear buds and when you are listening to your favorite music you will really feel the beat. Want to feel more? Just detach one of the vibration motors and click it onto your shirt and the vibration will spread through your clothing. Not enough? Put on one of the specially designed sensible music garments, attach the vibration motor and feel the beat travel to your body. Music is perceived as being loud on a safe volume.

Sensible Music; Listening to music never felt this good.


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Satoo

Satoo
2008
Final Bachelor Project

I am a competition Taekwondo fighter and reaction speed is crucial for a fighter. I designed the Satoo, a product to individually train reaction speed. The user can choose between different auditory training programs that adapt their dificulty level to the fighters skills during the  session. Each difficulty level is represented by a color, giving the fighter immediate feedback about its progress during the training.

Photoshop

Since high school I have liked working with Adobe Photoshop and it is a program that I use for my work, but also in my spare time. Below are some of the things I made during the past years ranging from posters to product renderings.