Sonic Sound Object, aesthetically styled on Japanese influences, Equilibrium is based around the concept of conscious awareness. Throughout the duration of a day we are exposed to many sounds that often pass by unaware. The creaking of doors, the sound to air-conditioning units, lights clicking being just a selection. It isn’t until we need quiet to either relax or sleep that these sounds become suddenly obtrusive and often rather annoying. Equilibrium is an interactive sounds object that enhances this idea via users pulling on the string. When the cup is over that speaker the sounds are dimmed, almost unnoticeable however when the cup is lifted the sounds are magnified. When the user attempts to lower the cup to dim the sounds the string often gets stuck and jams. This was to imitate the idea that once the sounds have been heard they are extremely hard to

‘un-hear’ again.