“Invece del campanello“ (“Instead of the doorbell”) is a book written by Beppe Finessi. In this book, the Author explores a project made by Bruno Munari and Davide Mosconi. Why should a doorbell make the same sound for anyone? For instance, we can design a specific doorbell making a particular sound depending on the homeowner’s job or name.
“Bottoms up doorbell” (Peter van der Jagt, 1994) is a doorbell where the sound is made by two crystal wineglasses.
In his fundamental book called “The tuning of the world“, R. Murray Schafer, thinks that onomatopoeia mirrors the soundscape. That’s way, for instance, in Italian the dog says “bau bau” and the cat says “miao”. In English, the dog says “wof wof” and the cat says “meow”. As ridicolous as it can seem, do the animals speak different dialects or do we interpret their sounds according to our peculiar sound culture?
