A Music Lover’s Dream Exhibit

Picture the last time music moved you. Imagine how the sound was amplified. Think about what initially drew you to that album cover or concert poster. How did design shape your experience?

Explore this question with us in Art of Noise. This exhibition is a multi-sensory ode to how design has changed the way we’ve experienced music over the past 100 years. Don’t miss:

Floor-to-Ceiling Gallery of Music Graphics

Pore over 400+ San Francisco psychedelic rock posters, featuring legendary bands like the Grateful Dead. See icons of graphic design by Milton Glaser and others. Mid-century modern album covers, as well as hip-hop, punk, and rave flyers complete this expansive display of incredible color and creativity.

Music Technology and Innovative Product Design

Chart over a century of sound in over 100 objects, from early phonographs to the Music: Not Impossible Haptic Suit, which translates sound onto the skin through vibration. Discover experimental music devices with design choices that will surprise you.

teenage engineering’s Design Touch

Settle into a seating landscape that invites you to connect with others through music. The Swedish music-tech company has applied their unconventional design mindset to the exhibition experience, from this plush, sound installation to the look and feel of the gallery spaces.

Devon Turnbull’s HiFi Listening Room

Enjoy music in high fidelity piped through custom-built speakers by audiophile Devon Turnbull, whose coveted audio systems can be found in Supreme stores and the homes of celebrity music producers. Turnbull and his friends will take turns curating music in this meditative 50-person space.

The SFMOMA is open everyday except Wednesdays. Art of Noise is included with your General Admission ticket. This exhibit closes August 18.