COLOOP EXPLORE MUSIC THROUGH CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES
NoDesign's authentic 21st-century boombox COLOOP is a distributed and collective musical instrument, a sequencer. The gadget is capable of composing, memorizing and performing real or synthesized sounds thanks to a powerful device that plays acoustic tones. Up to eight people can simultaneously operate the sequencer through the web application on their smartphones.
COLOOP is an instrument to share amongst musicians and NoDesign's device is set to change the experience, the listening and the action of collective music. There are several ways of using the musical instrument – it works with all smartphones and can be used in several different ways, each of these scenarios makes the user's smartphone interact with a particular function. Each person plays one instrument of a popular song, or to compose a song as a group through the use of a powerful sequencer. No need to download the app in order to use the COLOOP, because it all takes place on the phone's web browser thanks to the IRCAM and web audio technologies.
COLOOP is a research and design project with the support of the Agence Nationale De Recherche, designed by NoDesign and IRCAM. The idea was born from the CoSiMa project in response to a call for proposals from the national agency for research, COLOOP is part of a powerful movement that, over the past ten years has seen the relationship of media and instruments with users and their environment evolve through the emergence of tangible interfaces, augmented reality and ambient web.
The ultimate goal is to explore new relationships through exclusive and collaborative and creative tools, based on the latest smartphone and web technologies.
COLOOP has been nominated for the Label de L’observeur Du Design, rewarding french designers and innovative companies. The reward is promoted abroad by world design organization and the awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday, December 5th at the Centre Pompidou.
If you want to see the COLOOP in action, have a look at the video here!