The Fingerphone: a Case Study of Sustainable Instrument Redesign

Adrian Freed

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

  • Year: 2012
  • Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Keywords: Stylophone, Conductive Paper, Pressure Sensing, Touch Sensing, Capacitive Sensing, Plurifunctionality, Fingerphone, Sustainable Design
  • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178253 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

The Fingerphone, a reworking of the Stylophone in conductive paper, is presented as an example of new design approaches for sustainability and playability of electronic musical instruments.

Citation:

Adrian Freed. 2012. The Fingerphone: a Case Study of Sustainable Instrument Redesign. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178253

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Freed2012,
 abstract = {The Fingerphone, a reworking of the Stylophone in conductive paper, is presented as an example of new design approaches for sustainability and playability of electronic musical instruments.},
 address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan},
 author = {Adrian Freed},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178253},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Stylophone, Conductive Paper, Pressure Sensing, Touch Sensing, Capacitive Sensing, Plurifunctionality, Fingerphone, Sustainable Design},
 publisher = {University of Michigan},
 title = {The Fingerphone: a Case Study of Sustainable Instrument Redesign},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2012/nime2012_264.pdf},
 year = {2012}
}