Designers Create Tools to Permanently Erase Audio Recordings
Researchers have designed three functional devices that physically destroy sound recordings, exploring how constraints and sustainable design principles could apply to data management. The work raises questions about privacy, data control, and whether destruction—rather than storage—should be a standard option for sensitive audio.
Originaltitel: Three Ways to Destroy a Sound
<p>This paper presents a set of three different designed objects which each take a different approach to the same concept - the active destruction of sound recordings. I situate this work within sustainability studies, political ecologies of technology, and constraints-based design. Following this I describe the design and development of the devices themselves, introduce the final built objects, and attempt to analyze what they might represent. The paper takes the form of an annotated portfolio, in which the objects are shown, analyzed, and critically evaluated.</p>