Focus Area: Music
News
Introducing the inaugural Innovation Catalysts cohort
A diverse group of project teams will receive funding, mentorship, and resources at Jacobs Hall and the CITRIS Invention Lab as they build on their ideas over the spring semester.
Student Project
Nektar
Nektar empowers anyone to play songs on guitar, using laser projection to illuminate specific chord positions and to provide intuitive visual guidance that beginning guitar players can follow.
News
Berkeley students present projects in arts and design
Berkeley Arts + Design — Craft and creativity were on display across UC Berkeley’s campus at the end of fall 2016 as students across disciplines presented their final projects of the semester.
News
Five Questions with Jingyi Li
Between coursework, research, and all kinds of creative making, student Jingyi Li is a frequent presence at Jacobs Hall. In this Q&A, Li talks about working across disciplines, the Berkeley design community, and more.
Student Project
Liberato
This independent project explored applications of 3D printing for rapid prototyping of musical instruments.
News
Major new initiative to elevate Berkeley’s creative culture
Berkeley News — The aims of Berkeley’s Arts + Design Initiative include “making exposure to the arts and design essential to the undergraduate experience.”
Student Project
Xylophone Player
Inspired by automatic instruments like music boxes, Computational Design and Fabrication students designed and made a xylophone player.