The Sound of Smart Things

An elective on listening, sound design and distributed sound installations.

Code: DCM180
Department: Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Academic year: 2025–2026, Semester B, Q4
When: Tuesdays, 13:30–17:00
Where: Neuron 0.356 (see MyTimetable for exact planning)
Teachers: Bart Hengeveld, Berry Eggen, Francesco Di Maggio
Contact: b.j.hengeveld@tue.nl

Learning Goals

Develop a shared vocabulary for listening to and describing sound
Create an audiocumentary of your everyday soundscape
Study a physical object and design a sound-driven behavior for it
Build a working wireless sensor-to-sound prototype
Add a smart object to a shared installation and observe what emerges

Before the Course

Watch these three videos: