meet OCTAV, a wearable musical instrument made from plastic drain pipes
created by industrial designer, asaf wainberg, the portable instrument plays otherworldly sounds and displays a little bit of a mad max aesthetic.
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jerusalem-based industrial designer, asaf wainberg, has turned black plastic drain pipes into a musical instrument that can be worn on the body. called ‘OCTAV’, the wearable and portable instrument plays otherworldly sounds and displays a little bit of a mad max aesthetic.
image by nadav goren
when creating OCTAV, asaf wainberg drew inspiration from the tubulum, a popular musical instrument found on youtube and in the world of DIY. similarly to the tubulum, OCTAV is fashioned from readily sourced pipes, offering the experience of building a complete musical instrument all by yourself. fixed onto a harness, the black plastic drainage tubes converge at the center into six playable pads made from foamed polyethylene. users can bang the pads by hand or with sticks to create a variety of rhythms and sounds.
image by nadav goren
image by nadav goren
image by yehuda weinberg
image by yehuda weinberg
image by nadav goren
image by nadav goren
image by nadav goren
image by nadav goren
project info:
name: OCTAV
design: asaf wainberg
supported by: PALZIV group
advisor: yaron loubaton (bezalel academy of arts and design jerusalem, industrial design department)
photography: nadav goren, yehuda weinberg
designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.
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