Host: Francesco Sabaini, MoveByBIke Italy, Italy

Visitor: Joshua Ng, Sonic Assembly, Sweden

Velosonics is a conceptual project aimed at identifying the feasibility and potential applications of sonic data collected through contact microphone recordings of urban delivery bikes. The main objective of this exchange is to test a methodology of capturing data and analysing it through various conventional and non-conventional sound design techniques. A secondary objective is to test tools that can automate the methodology as well as find potential use cases and applications for the findings.

The project is a cross-sector collaboration between Swedish creative sound studio Sonic Assembly and Italian last-mile logistics company MoveByBike Italy. Driving this project is a shared belief in data-led design as well as a curiosity about non-conventional data-collection methods.

The project will take place in Verona, Italy at the end of May—stay tuned for the outcomes!