The longstanding affinity consisting in rhythm, harmony, interaction and improvisation between music and design has seen transistor radios LPs, Stratocaster guitars and iPods alter the way we perform, listen to, visualise and distribute music. Avant-garde designers such as Lilly Reich, Saul Bass, Jam Utzon and Daniel Libeskind have pushed the boundaries of their work in relationship with the music of their times. Drawing entirely from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the exhibition "Making Music Modern: Design for Ear and Eye" (until 1.11.2015) organised by Juliet Kinchin with Luke Baker is a display of designs for auditoriums, instruments and listening equipment along with posters, record sleeves, sheet music and animation. The show examines alternative music cultures of the early 20th century, the rise of the radio during the interwar period and how design shaped the "cool" aesthetic of mid-century jazz, high-fidelity culture and its role in countercultural music scenes from pop to punk, and later design explorations at the intersection between art, technology and perception.
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