Seminar on Designing Musical Instruments on boundaries, identity and characterful tools

The seminar is part of a program with open seminars and workshops with Tom Whitwell, instrument designer of Music Thing Modular, 9–11 April 2026.

Seminar on Designing Musical Instruments
on boundaries, identity and characterful tools
When: Thursday, April 9 – 18:00–20:00
Where: KTH
Fee: No fee
Sign up: Open for everyone, no sign up needed, no affiliation needed.

An open seminar on musical instrument design with Tom Whitwell, Yann Seznec, Derek Holzer and Helena Linder led by Ludvig Elblaus.

The speakers will present their individual instrument making practices and then join in a panel discussion on how new musical instruments can find their character through limitations and how a precise scope can be useful in designing tools that feel purposeful and inspiring.

Were do we as designers draw the boundaries of what a musical instrument is and isn’t and what are the considerations and consequences attached to those decisio

Arranged by the Sonic Practices Working Group at the NAVET KTH Centre for Research in Art, Technology and Design in collaboration with Elektronmusikstudion EMS.