Selected Work

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Synesthesia

Interactive human-machine art piece presented at the Venice Biennial 2021.

Software, Hardware, Design

Synesthesia provides a rational and emotional sense of what it means to live among machines that converse and raises awareness of the design potential behind responsive environments.

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R-Synth

A web synthesizer that's easy to play by anyone

Music, Web

Synthesizers and incredible devices that can be challenging to understand. R-synth is an online synth that helps beginners discover and create new patches with the click of a button, and intuitively learn about sound synthesis.

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Wander Compass

A wearable that takes you to streets where you've never been before

Hardware, Wearables, Mobile, IoT, Design

Wander Compass is a wearable that sits around the back of your neck. This device helps you discover your city and breaks you out the routine of everyday life.

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HomeLog

A more personal way for digital communication

Hardware, Design, Software

HomeLog proposes a new way of digital communication; one that doesn’t rely on a smartphone and is designed to bring us closer to ourselves, our families, and our loved ones in a more personal and less immediate way. We all talk about getting off-screens, so let's do it.

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Motor y Cuerda

Polyphonic electro-acoustic instrument that explores all the hidden voices of an individual string

Music, Design, Hardware, Fabrication

Motor Y Cuerda (Spanish) - "Motor and String". Performance based on a polyphonic hand-built electro-acoustic instrument.

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Fortran Sampler

An unusual sampler that uses acrylic punchcards

Hardware, Music, Design

The Fortran Sampler is a device that allows you to compose musical arrangements through a novel and unique interface – an exploration of a retro-futuristic computer evolution, a tool and a toy.

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MADD Sampler

A soft-surface musical sampler and editor co-created for ASCAP

Hardware, Design, Music

As part of a Fellowship with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)​, our team developed a new way of creating and interacting with sound.

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Orientation Instrument

An electronic device that converts your wrist movement into immersive sound

Hardware, Music, Design

Orientation Instrument is a device that fits in the palm of your hand and allows you to create rich and expressive music with nothing more than the movement of your wrist.

David Azar

New York

Engineer & Creative Technologist

davidazar3@gmail.com
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