Case Studies
113 Spring, New York, 2025
Kinda Studios and 113 Spring, ‘Emergence’
‘Emergence’ is a new immersive experience created by Kinda Studios in collaboration with 113 Spring. We're delighted to have designed and fabricated a complimentary pair of Sonaforms for this gorgeous, multi-sensorial installation, which is now in-situ at 113 Spring, New York.
ShapedSound was commissioned to create a custom chair and stool enabling guests to feel rhythmic low frequencies as they flow through their Sonaforms.
Designed to track rhythmic entrainment within the brain and body, 'Emergence' features soundscapes by composer Robert Thomas – an expert in adaptive and generative functional music for health – and includes custom-designed Sonaforms.
Guests are guided into liminal states of consciousness, adapting in real time to their brainwave activity and emotional responses through EEG biofeedback using a Muse headset.
The experience creates space for expanded awareness and creative insight within a new realm of what Kinda Studios co-founder Robyn Landau calls 'immersive wellbeing' – providing an opportunity to spark fresh ways of thinking through personalised meditative profiles that allow guests to continue the practice at home.
Photos: Kunning Huang / CKA
V&A Museum, London, 2025
Digital Design Weekend, ‘Models of Care’
Freshly back from Edinburgh Art Festival, Models of Care appeared in the grand setting of the V&A Museum foyer for Digital Design Weekend – nestled between ancient statues and marble columns.
Julie Freeman’s sonic installation used Sonaforms to play human and AI generated soundscapes of glaciers melting. Visitors could hold onto and literally feel the the catastrophic impact the ‘AI arms race’ and data centres are having on the environment, through low rumbles and vibrations of the sculptural forms.
With thanks to collaborators Torben Snekkestad, Anna Wszeborowska, BRAID UK, Marc Barto and Nick Bryan-Kinns.
Photos: Hydar Dewachi
Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, 2025
Svalbard Science Conference, ‘Glacier Lamentation’
We were honoured to present our first light-finish Sonaform at the Svalbard Science Conference in Oslo last month. Following our Arctic fieldwork earlier this year, we have been developing Glacier Lamentation in collaboration with Norwegian saxophonist, improviser, composer, educator, and researcher Torben Snekkestad, together with The University Centre in Svalbard and the Norwegian Academy of Music.
For the conference, Torben commissioned a glacier-inspired Sonaform through which to perform compositions created by Julie and himself. The installation enabled visitors to experience the sonic textures of a melting glacier—the creaks, cracks, and low, resonant frequencies—both audibly and physically.
Following the event, we were delighted to have the Sonaform exhibited in the reception of the French Embassy in Oslo for a dedicated climate-focused gathering. This glacier-inspired Sonaform now resides with Professor Snekkestad at the Norwegian Academy of Music, where his students have already begun using it as an instrument in their own explorations. The Glacier Sonaform is heading to Svalbard in 2026 - returning to the place that inspired both its form and the sounds within it.
Special thanks to: Torben Snekkestad, Morton Qvenlid, Anya Lauvdal, Ugo Nanni, Hanna Lee Behrens, and Lena Cappelen Endresen.
Dulux Colour of the Year Award, London, 2025
Global Street Art, Sonaform Installation
Two Sonaforms were featured at the Dulux Colour of the Year Award immersive event in September 2025. Three gorgeous blues inspired the installations, which involved dry ice and projected visuals (and a bit of line dancing!)
We installed our signature Sonaforms - a lounger and an arched bench to deliver environmental vibroacoustic soundscapes as guests took some time out tobe bathed in blue light.
With thanks to Global Street Art and Jo Bartlett.
Photos: ShapedSound and Global Street Art
Inspace Gallery, Edinburgh, 2025
Tipping Point, ‘Models of Care’
Group exhibition Tipping Point, organised by Bridging Responsible AI Divides, explores what artists can do to help us more wisely respond to the present realities and near-future horizons of Artificial Intelligence.
Julie Freeman’s sonic installation used Sonaforms to play human and AI generated soundscapes of glaciers melting. Visitors could hold onto and feel the the catastrophic impact the ‘AI arms race’ and data centres are having on the environment, through low rumbles and vibrations in the pair of sculptural forms.
With thanks to collaborators Torben Snekkestad, Anna Wszeborowska and the BRAID team.
Photos: Chris Scott
Turner Contemporary, Margate, 2025
Neurodivergent Pride Day
Three Sonaforms were placed in the Turner Contemporary for Neurodivergent Pride Day in June 2025. Organised by Neurodivergent Friends of Thanet, the event was a chance for the ND community to share and discuss personal experiences and be immersed in sensory play and experimentation.
We know Sonaforms can help to regulate the nervous system and provide much needed moments of calm in busy environments, especially for neurodivergent folk – so this event was special to us at ShapedSound. We were overwhelmed by the positive feedback from ND attendees – people rested and played on the Sonaforms longer than we’ve seen before, and 100% of written feedback stated that people felt more regulated, grounded or calmer after experiencing at least one of the pieces.
Photos: Shannen Lythgoe
TED Conferences, Vancouver, 2024
TED Fellows Park
The ShapedSound sculpture garden was created for the TED2024 Conference in Vancouver, B.C. Music and soundscapes playing through the five forms were contributed by TED Fellows hailing from England, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sri Lanka, and the U.S.
Inspired by shapes created by the artist’s body, the forms used sound works from archives and collaborating artists, along with data sonifications designed specifically for the objects.
This series of five Sonaforms were designed to encourage conference attendees to stop and rest alone or in groups, and to encourage people to move into unusual positions. Moving your body in these highly social and cognitive environments can help wirth regulation and focus.
The Fellows Park was designed with Michael Borosky. With many thanks to TED and the TED Fellows team, especially Allegra, Leonie, Lily, Steph.
Modern Art Oxford, 2023
Boundary Encounters, ‘Another Present’
Commissioned as part of the summer programme at Modern Art Oxford (MAO), Boundary Encounters, Another Present was an intimate listening experience, combining sonic works by women artists from MAO’s archive, audience data and field recordings. The sound work reverberated through the Sonaforms, inspired by shapes created by the artist’s body. The work incorporated, and celebrated, previously commissioned audio works by artists Sarah Kenchington, Ann Liselgaard and Hannah Rickards from Modern Art Oxford’s archives.