nostalgic form digital format

Class Project, Georgia Tech, Aesthetics of Digital Media, Fall 2011

This project explores using older delivery formats for popular music to act as physical containers for digitally remastered versions of original content.

Re-designing the orignal format container to deliver updated digital content is an exploration of these questions: how does an artifact, in this case an 8-Track tape, help create personaliztion? What are the design choices for form in delivering digital content when physical size for storage is always decreasing and not a constraint? Does remastering the original audio with current techniques and standards make the re-release necessarily better?

8-Track tape container with iPod Shuffle parts: USB sync with iTunes