Sound Interaction Design and Creation in the Context of Urban Space

摘要

This paper reports current theoretical and creative results of a postdoctoral research study entitled Sound Design for Urban Spaces. It focuses on the design process of novel audio devices and on encouraging people in transit through the city to explore technology-empowered listening strategies. In this paper, the practice of urban sound design will be raised and some conceptual contributions concerning listening, acoustic analysis and sonic interaction will be discussed. We will extract some design insights that have been inspiring in the creation process of the Smartphone Ensemble, The AirQ Jacket and Lumina Nocte. These projects have been got under way along with MA students from the Design and Creation program at the Caldas University in Manizales, Colombia.