Matt Saunders is a freelance specialist systems designer for recording and production of immersive audio performances. He is the Technical Director of the ColourScape Music Festival, and live sound engineer. Matt practices creative use, misuse and abuse of technology for artistic endeavours.
Matt’s history with audio engineering is extensive. After several hours of caffeine fuelled discussion it became obvious that he has not only witnessed, but also adapted to a plethora of technological changes with the industry. But like all truly great technicians, Matt’s passion stems from a deep appreciation of the historic machinery that has paved the way for today’s equipment. The Pallophotophone is considered by many as the grandfather of todays recording devices.
To honour this historic contraption, I incorporated the illustrative diagrams with some clean typographic blocks. Although the selected typefaces feel more modern than the Pallophotophone, the layout hints at letterpress design and manual typesetting of that same era. Custom alterations to certain adjoining letters and numbers were made to enhance readability.
DESIGN & ART DIRECTION · MAIDENHAWK
