Sound artist and designer Yuri Suzuki has created Sonic Bloom, an interactive installation in London featuring a cluster of colourful horn-shaped speaking tubes through which people can communicate.
Sonic Bloom is a network of red, yellow and blue horns that are arranged in a formation that resembles a blooming flower ? hence the installation's name.
The installation is in London's Brown Hart Gardens
Curated by Alter-Projects, each of Sonic Bloom's horns is a speaking tube, meaning that people can communicate with each other through the horns' interconnected tubes as well as listen to the sounds that they pick up and amplify.
Some of the horns face upward to catch the general sounds of the city.
The installation opens to the public today at Brown Hart Gardens in London's Mayfair area ? close to the city's Oxford Street shopping district ? where it will remain for 12 months. Horn-shaped speaking tubes make up the sculpture
Suzuki, who is a partner at design firm Pentagram's London office, explained the thinking behind Sonic Bloom's primary colour palette, which he described as his favourite colours.
"I chose primary colours because I am dyslexic and they help with reading," the designer said. "With these clear divisions, people can easily identify the passage of sound."
"Primary colours also will fit very well into any landscape," Suzuki told Dezeen. "I have created sculptures in public realms before and primary colours do not conflict with...