In the Future, There Are No Screens

Seeing with Your Ears: Design and the Post-Visual Era

As technology marches on, futurists believe that our screens will be marching out. In their place, our operating systems “bleep, blop, blooping” in our earpods. This presents a unique challenge: How do we exhibit empathy through sound design?

In his audio essay, James Buckhouse, Founder of the Sequoia Creative Lab, reminds us that “being a designer is not enough. We must also act like artists and show what we know about being alive.”

As I enter the wild world of UX with a passion for sound design, I know I will be looking for opportunities to merge the two. There aren’t many employment opportunities for audio UX — yet.