In a move to add a physical connection to the artists we listen to, Matt Brown has created a prototype design for a interchangeable RFID radio system.

Brett Ian Balogh creates beautiful abstractions that document the mass media’s airwave occupation.

Switzerland: 1954. The now iconic yellow jersey of the Brazilian soccer team makes its debut in a major competition, the World Cup. As the Brazilian team enters the field all dressed in yellow, the radio broadcaster Geraldo José de Almeida spontaneously creates the nickname that would characterize the team from that day on: Canarinho (“Little Canary”), a yellow bird very common in Brazil.
Inspired by Brazilian street art and street soccer, Movimento Canarinho is Nike’s first campaign to be developed 100% in (and for) Brazil. The initiative attempts to rescue the Canarinho sprit: the spirit of those who know they must [...]

Yesterday saw the launch of a new national Radio service on Digital frequency [DAB] that shall give a voice to new music artists in a way that they have never previously been offered. Amazing Radio shall only play music by unsigned artists, playing some of the 15,000 tracks that have been uploaded on to the Amazing music website [all of which are downloadable, with 70% of revenue going directly to the artist]. Trialling for six months, the self styled ‘democratic radio station’ is giving voice to new talent, both unsigned artists and presenters, and giving them a platform to display [...]

At IF we like to listen to the songs on the radio as much as the next blogger, but recently we’ve started to get distracted by new fangled things like podcasts and shuffle. We decided to ask an industry insider, Scott McKenzie – Editor In Chief of Billboard’s Radio Monitor, to give us his view on trends facing the radio sector.
We’re watching a transformation in the radio sector with the take off
of satellite radio. How do you see distribution of radio evolving over
the next 18 months?
There is indeed a transformation underway but I
don’t necessarily agree that it’s being led by [...]