A friend talks about his professional life…

Jon Osborne on TEDx Melbourne:

Teasers:

* ‘I grew up listening to lamp-posts’

* ‘What is true silence?’

* ‘Test of good music: does it give you goose-bumps?’ (The ‘music’ you hear via your iPad is better described as ‘noise’)

* ‘Well, does sound have shape? Can you listen to buildings before they’re built?’

* ‘The Industrial Revolution was also an Accoustic Revolution’

* ‘We can map cities in terms of noise. We’re working to add pleasant noises to cities – like water fountains and children’s playgrounds’