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Rosa Weinberg is a design educator and artist based in Massachusetts.



CREATIVE PRACTICE

Attunement
Shimmer
Digital Polished
Breathing
Love is About
Anna’s Delight
Stethosuit
(more)

TEACHING

Beaver Centered Design
Extraordinary Ordinary
User-Centered Design
Juxtapose
Intro to Architecture
Easing Cerebral Palsy
Neighborhood Marvels
(more)

misc.

Speaking + Writing
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Stethosuit

2016

ROLE

Co-designer and fabricator

COLLABORATOR

Laura Zittrain

MATERIALS + METHODS

3D printer, laser cutting, sewing. The stethoscopes and exoskeleton are 3D printed and fitted into laser cut 4mm laminated plywood pods.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Florian Wenningkamp

The feeling of cosmic-insignificance can be insurmountable. This suit was made to help. A combination of a stethoscope and a spacesuit, the Stethosuit is a rethinking of a meditation device or sleep aid, encouraging users to activate an inner sense of calm and focus.

The Stethosuit consists of a bodice of seven stethoscopes which transmit sound into the right ear, while pre-recorded transmuted sounds from space play on a loop in the left ear.

The aural landscape of our bodies, the gurgles, bleeps and bloops, are eerily similar to the gurgles, bleeps and bloops of space. When these are heard together, it’s hard to distinguish which noises are coming from our bodies, and which are coming from space: hence, an experience of oneness with the universe.

The design takes its cues from nature and film: the oval shape echoes the elliptical orbits of comets through space, and the off-white, eggshell form and color references Frederick Fox’s iconic headwear from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Future prototypes will include a dual-listening functionality, allowing two people the option of including the sounds of their partner’s body.

Click here for a how to guide on how to make your own.

Stethosuit

2016

ROLE

Co-designer and fabricator

COLLABORATOR

Laura Zittrain

MATERIALS + METHODS

3D printer, laser cutting, sewing. The stethoscopes and exoskeleton are 3D printed and fitted into laser cut 4mm laminated plywood pods.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Florian Wenningkamp

The feeling of cosmic-insignificance can be insurmountable. This suit was made to help. A combination of a stethoscope and a spacesuit, the Stethosuit is a rethinking of a meditation device or sleep aid, encouraging users to activate an inner sense of calm and focus.

The Stethosuit consists of a bodice of seven stethoscopes which transmit sound into the right ear, while pre-recorded transmuted sounds from space play on a loop in the left ear.

The aural landscape of our bodies, the gurgles, bleeps and bloops, are eerily similar to the gurgles, bleeps and bloops of space. When these are heard together, it’s hard to distinguish which noises are coming from our bodies, and which are coming from space: hence, an experience of oneness with the universe.

The design takes its cues from nature and film: the oval shape echoes the elliptical orbits of comets through space, and the off-white, eggshell form and color references Frederick Fox’s iconic headwear from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Future prototypes will include a dual-listening functionality, allowing two people the option of including the sounds of their partner’s body.

Click here for a how to guide on how to make your own.