meet OCTAV, a wearable musical instrument made from plastic drain pipes

jerusalem-based industrial designer, asaf wainberg, has turned black plastic drain pipes into a musical instrument that can be worn on the body. called ‘OCTAV’, the wearable and portable instrument plays otherworldly sounds and displays a little bit of a mad max aesthetic.

image by nadav goren

when creating OCTAV, asaf wainberg drew inspiration from the tubulum, a popular musical instrument found on youtube and in the world of DIY. similarly to the tubulum, OCTAV is fashioned from readily sourced pipes, offering the experience of building a complete musical instrument all by yourself. fixed onto a harness, the black plastic drainage tubes converge at the center into six playable pads made from foamed polyethylene. users can bang the pads by hand or with sticks to create a variety of rhythms and sounds. 

image by nadav goren

image by nadav goren

image by yehuda weinberg

image by yehuda weinberg

image by nadav goren

image by nadav goren

image by nadav goren

image by nadav goren

project info:

name: OCTAV

design: asaf wainberg

supported by: PALZIV group

advisor: yaron loubaton (bezalel academy of arts and design jerusalem, industrial design department)

photography: nadav goren, yehuda weinberg

designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.

edited by: lynne myers | designboom