Andrea Ascani

Andrea’s journey began from Misano Adriatico in the Riviera romagnola, then he chose first to move to study Industrial Product Design at the Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna and then at the Politecnico di Milano for the Master’s Degree in Integrated Product Design.

Always fascinated by the objects that surround him, Andrea loves simple design that creates a strong bond with the people who use it. Attracted by his passion for the Do-It-Yourself he wants to experiment more and more with the digital fabrication.

Abstract:

In a historical moment when the musical creation is moving away from the digital audio workstation and at the same time brand new and old companies in the scene are reintroducing analog musical devices, the market is moving along in this direction allowing new musical interactions. The analog modular synthesizers were the first examples of how, provided an open standard, many small firm could take part in big fairs such as the NAMM in Anaheim, California and the Superbooth in Berlin. The Japanese companies Korg and Roland, following the success of the analog rebirth, are reproducing their old best-sellers of the seventies / eighties, while the Swedish Teenage Engineering become popular with its retro-look devices.

With my project I want to create a physical platform in which I can integrate the versatility of digital audio and the reliability of an analog instrument, relying to the open-source culture (both software and hardware) giving the possibility to users and / or companies to be able to access it to create systems that increase their expressive possibilities.