1st Prize - Creuna Case Competition 2017.

Finished prototype/mock-up of the "sound cheese".

Together with Biljana Celebija, Michael Jensen, Brenda Jannani Casipillai and Malthe Stavning Erslev, I won 1st prize in a case competition by Creuna, as a part of a course in advanced interaction design at Aarhus University. Our contribution was an "sound-cheese", allowing shoppers to "mix" their own cheese flavor, based on a sonification of the 5 main taste elements: salt, sweet, sour, bitter and umami.

My contribution:

I contributed with ideation and conceptualization, built most of the physical shell of the prototype, and did the sound design. Listen to a short mix of 2 of the 5 taste elements here:

Basic operation of the cheese:

• Mix a sound you like, by turning the 5 knobs
• Press the white button to print a taste chart of the sound you just mixed
• Get a taste of a cheese which corresponds to your chart

What does your favorite cheese sound like?

The basic concept was to allow the user to associate more freely over taste elements, by speaking to a sense perhaps least used to decide on which cheese to buy - the sense of hearing. A sound you like might surprise you with its corresponding taste. Only one way to find out...

Technology:

• Arduino, PC running Processing (for audio mix and playback)
• Reaper, misc. software synths (sound design and editing)
• Cardboard, Acrylic paint, bits and pieces

Under the hood: SparkFun RedBoard hooked up to PC running Processing.