Final product "Interactive Sound Table", 2011

The final product, "Interactive Sound Table".

Demonstration film.


Documentation film.

Final product "Interactive Sound Table" (test videos), 2011

The final product, "Interactive Sound Table".

Table top : Acrylic board (8mm thickness) with acrylic resin drops ×2
Shock sensors ×5: put table top
a pressure mat : on the floor
electronic circuit boards for shock sensors - Ultimarc IPAC - Soundplant39 on MacBookPro - loudspeakers ×2: inside the table

※I recorded these videos and sounds with a compact digital camera, so quality of microphone is not good. Real sound is better than on these movies.

Water sound effect version.


Music A version.


Music B version.

Plywood table making for "Interactive Sound Table"_#05, 2011

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Final product (shock sensors were not installed yet).

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Final product.

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2011-05-19 : Polyester resin was put on bottom sides of the table top acrylic boards. In addition, surface sides of the table top were sandblasted when polyester resin dried.

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2011-05-18 : 5 clear acrylic boards were adjusted to fit the table.

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2011-05-18 : A lamp holder (made by Nigel, a metal technician) and wires for electricity were installed.

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2011-05-17 : Long sides of table were shaped into flat, parts to support table tops were curved with routers and chisels.

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2011-05-16 : Now all wooden parts became one piece!

Plywood table making for "Interactive Sound Table"_#04, 2011

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2011-05-13 : All parts were assembled, glued and clamped in the same time.

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2011-05-12 : A plywood part and a flat birch plywood (cut from a factory-made board) part for a leg were glued with biscuit joints.

Plywood table making for "Interactive Sound Table"_#03, 2011

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2011-05-11 : Trial assembling without glue.

Plywood table making for "Interactive Sound Table"_#02, 2011

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2011-05-11 : Grooves for tongue were cut with a small router and chisels.

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2011-05-11 : Curves for corners, tongues, joints for bottom were shaped with a hand jigsaw, routers and chisels.

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2011-05-05 : Two short plywood parts for sides were shaped with a hand zig saw, a big router and chisels.

Plywood table making for "Interactive Sound Table"_#01, 2011

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2011-05-01 : A longer part was failed!! (Vacuum time was too short).

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2011-04-28 : The first short part was made.

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2011-04-21 : Vacuum equipment for making plywood.

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2011-04-21 : Aeroply and flexiboard (for shot part) was set to vacuum.

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2011-04-21 : Aeroply and flexiboard.

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2011-04-15 : A Mould for plywood was improved to be easy to set.

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2011-04-13 : Mould making for plywood.

Prototype β- for an interactive installation, 2011

My prototype β- for an interactive installation.

Left : Acrylic board (10mm thickness), middle and right : Glass boards (10mm thickness).
Shock sensors put underneath boards - signal devices for shock sensors - Ultimarc IPAC - GarageBand on MacBookPro.

Glass + resin samples, 2011

Acrylic resin on a glass board (10mm thickness, sandblasted).

Acrylic resin on a glass board (10mm thickness).

Resin samples, light and shadow, 2011