Designer Develops a Musical Floor for Airports

Wheel your suitcase, hear the music

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Frequent travelers and fans of public art (now there's a fun Venn diagram slice) owe industrial designer Jeriël Bobbe some gratitude, because he has designed a musical floor for airports and, one would assume, train stations as well. The floor is made from pieces of ribbed wood that sound out different musical tones when a suitcase is dragged over them. The distance between the grooves determines pitch, and the depth of the ruts determines volume.

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