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The Winner for the Sound of the Future Is Back to the Planet

9 November 201218 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

The winner for the sound of the future is Back to the Planet

BE OPEN searched the world of today to find a series of diverse sounds that might represent the soundscape of the future. No one quite knows what we will be listening to in the future, perhaps with advances in technology our planet will be a much quieter place, with the only sounds being bleeping computers, electric cars, giant wind turbines and spacecraft. Or perhaps the soundscape will be even more chaotic than the world of today. Either way you can catch a glimpse if you listen again to our collection of sounds.

“Magic” Portal Lands in Trafalgar Square to Transport Us to the Next Frontier of Sound

24 October 201218 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

THE BE OPEN sound portal is open to the public 19-23 September

London, Wednesday 19 September: The BE OPEN Sound Portal has arrived in London’s Trafalgar Square. A mysterious, black, rubberised cube, it will host five soundscapes over the next five days so that the public can ‘switch on their hearing’ to appreciate the most advanced audio technology in the world.

BE OPEN: Sound Portal at Trafalgar Square

2 October 201218 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

Source: wallpaper.com

The ambisonic clamour of sea shanties, clattering percussion, classical guitar and lush synthetic vocals flooded the space inside the BE OPEN Sound Portal on Trafalgar Square today.

Sound and Sustainability Are the Winners at the BE OPEN Awards

24 September 201218 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

London, September 21, 2012 – Today the winners of the BE OPEN AWARDS, an international scheme for the promotion of young creative talent, were announced at 100% Design.

The winner in the CAST category is Alexandra Kharakoz from the UK, with Sonic Landscape, an interactive, real-time, sonic sculpture designed to heighten awareness about how sound is produced.

BE OPEN Space at the Dock

21 September 201218 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

Tom Dixon’s west London canal-side HQ was the venue for BE OPEN’s first off-schedule event at the 2012 London Design Festival. Described by Dixon as a flash-market showcase of young design talent, BE OPEN SPACE consisted of eight site-specific raw-wood stands conceived by designer-engineers Pan Studio and JailMake. Their solid, practical construction made reference to pine art-transport containers while also echoing the old trade stalls of Florence’s Ponte Vecchio.

BE OPEN Awards Shortlist Announced

14 September 201212 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

Nine talented young designers go forward to the finals of the BE OPEN Awards, which will be presented as part of the think tank’s activities during the 2012 London Design Festival.

“BE OPEN is about ‘intellectual development’, investing in the creation of added value for future generations. Our programmes are about generating original thinking from the most promising young minds of our time”, said Elena Baturina, founder of BE OPEN.

BE OPEN to the Sound of the Future

13 September 201222 April 2019Ekaterina Vekova

Creative Think Tank BE OPEN Highlights Sensory Design at the 2012

London Design Festival
17 th -23 rd September 2012

BE OPEN, the global think tank set up to foster creativity and innovation, arrives in London for the 2012 London Design Festival on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the largest design event in the UK. The Festival’s programme attracts visitors from all over the world, and the foundation will be part of this huge showcase with a whole series of activities. BE OPEN’s events in London are part of a broader project by the think tank to explore the five traditional senses – sight, smell, taste, touch and sound – the starting point for research into the next realm, that of the sixth sense, or intuition. Sixth sense design would represent the ultimate synthesis of human sensory perception and technological genius, offering an infinite variety of sensations that would overcome the perceived limitations of design today.

BE OPEN Awards: Latest News

31 August 201212 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

The international BE OPEN Awards 2012 has attracted over 300 first-class entries from young designers around the world. Entries were received from all corners of the globe including: Afghanistan, Cuba, Ireland, South Africa, Iran, Uzbekistan, Lebanon and Vietnam.

Over the next three weeks the BE OPEN Jury will select nine shortlisted entries, three from each of the nomination categories: CAST, FORM and CITY.

Ron Arad: Unteaching Design

16 July 201218 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

“I am not really a teacher,” says Ron Arad. A strange remark from a man who has spent 12 years as Professor of Design Products at the Royal College of Art. Especially strange when one considers that he was speaking on a platform – part of the Beopen Talks in Basel – to discuss how we educate tomorrow’s innovators. But then in his own work Arad has achieved greatness by going against the grain. His Concrete Stereo (1983) was a hi-fi coated with protective resin, then encased in concrete before being chipped away to reveal rusting steel beneath. It is often seen as the emergence of a punk aesthetic in design: an emblem of the times. However as the Museum of Modern Art’s citation describes it, it was also “a surreal challenge to the sanctity of consumer electronics.”

BE OPEN Sound Portal Arrives in the Square

10 July 201218 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

Trafalgar Square, 19-23 September

London Design Festival 2012

This September sees the arrival of the BE OPEN Sound Portal in Trafalgar Square as part of the tenth anniversary of the London Design Festival 2012. Situated within one of London’s most iconic public spaces, the BE OPEN Sound Portal is an entirely new kind of installation that focuses on the design that you can’t see – that of acoustics and sound – rather than visual spectacle.