09 – New mood New design

The actual Melocussion

Today, the only thing I have in my hands, is a proof of concept made of scrap part and stuff I have fond on the internet.

It works as I wanted it to work and I’m very proud of it, but if I want one day to make money by crafting and selling the instrument, I will have to design a new one with parts that I have the right to sell. I indeed don’t think that I commercialize the components like the melodica and the Raspberry pi that I have used.

This is why a lot of conception need to be done if I want to go further. So let’s start with the most exiting part ! The design !

Creating something new

Before showing my new design idea, I need to show you how I want the new Melocussion to feel, a mood board will do the trick:

I hope that thanks to this mood board, you will get what I have in mind. I’m thinking of a very industrial and dark design, with apparent cables, without curves, but with layers of angles and shapes.
I want it to feel like those messy electronic music instruments and the famous Delorean is a great representation of the wanted feeling, something that looks mysterious yet complex.

However, I haven’t limited myself to a single mood board :

This time, I’m looking for something at the exact opposite. Not dark, but bright, no angles, only curves, no red, but some blue neon like lights. I want it to look like something from the future, something that doesn’t feel like an instrument, more like a science fiction tool.

I think that the Melocussion with this design will be very eye catching, but I like both very much and I hope that I will be able to make new prototypes following the two designs.

Now tell me, what design are you thinking of when imagining the new Melocussion, is it more natural ? With wood and green colour ?
Is it something steam punk like ? With pipes and gears ?

In the next post, I will show concept of Melocussion using the mood boards, until then, have a great time thinking about stuff !