Design Story
Resonance is a multisensory sound exhibition that explores how sound can be experienced through the whole body. Through vibration, touch, light, and shared presence, sound becomes a physical and emotional experience.
Concept Development
In everyday life, we constantly consume sound — music, podcasts, and so on — but we rarely give it full attention. It becomes background noise.
Yet sound is inherently physical. It moves through space, vibrates through materials, and travels through our bodies.
Inspired by Kenya Hara’s concept of haptic design, this project reframes listening as an experience we engage in with our entire physical presence.
Exhibition Graphics: Posters
Spatial Design Strategies
Site Analysis: 1210 Mateo St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Spatial Sequence Collage
Spatial Layout
Spatial Walkthrough
Quiet Shift: Entry Experience
Quiet Shift Sectional Drawing
Inner Resonance: where the body becomes part of the system. A thermal camera detects body heat and translates it into light patterns, which then influence the sound being played.
Shared Resonance: collective listening space. Visitors sit or recline on circular seating which is embedded with subsonic resonators. So when sound plays, people actually feel the vibrations through resonators.
Echo Exchange: Each person stands in front of a microphone, and speaks, hums, or whispers. The system records the sound and layers it with delay and reverberation, building a collective soundscape
After Echo: Final decompression space with natural soundscapes and nature visuals.
Interactive Systems Exploration
TouchDesigner Prototype: Cymatics Projection
UI/UX Interface Prototype
