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audio.briefs· Sound design & sampling· 03 Oct 2026

S950

Akai · 1988

Akai's 1988 expansion of the S900, with time-stretching, a higher sample rate and the S900's two-way loop.

4 chapters · 7:59Ceiling 15:00

Worth your time?

Yes. Use the whole thing.

3.5/5

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Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT

Giorgetto Giugiaro · 1963

The Giulia Sprint GT was revealed at Alfa Romeo's new Arese plant on 9 September 1963 and built until 1965, when the Sprint GT Veloce replaced it. Giorgetto Giugiaro drew its Bertone body, known as the step front for the raised edge of its bonnet. It paired an all-aluminium 1570 cc twin cam four with a five-speed gearbox and four disc brakes, and 21,902 were built.

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BHP

BHP is an Australian mining company, founded at Broken Hill in 1885, that today mines iron ore, copper and coal.

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Design culture

Design culture is an organizational culture that puts design at the front of every operation, from strategy to execution, to improve customer experiences.

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Diller Scofidio + Renfro is a New York design studio that works across architecture, the visual arts and the performing arts.

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Fendi

Fendi is an Italian luxury fashion house, founded in Rome in 1925 as a fur and leather shop.

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133 briefsBooksEvery book worth reading, before you decide to read it.What a book argues, where it works, where it does not, and who should read it. All in a quarter hour.

1188 briefsMusicEvery record that matters, in one side of a single.Records, artists and the ideas inside them. Why a record matters, not just whether it is good.

2035 briefsFilmEvery film that matters, before the popcorn is done.What a film is doing, why it works, and whether it is worth two hours of your evening.

482 briefsHistoryEvery turning point, without the term paper.The turning points, what actually happened, and why historians still argue about them.

561 briefsScienceEvery discovery explained, without the jargon.What a discovery actually shows, what it does not, and why it matters outside the lab.

479 briefsDesignEvery design decision, and what it cost.Why something looks the way it does, and what that decision cost.

467 briefsGamesEvery game worth playing, before you commit forty hours.What a game is really about, what it does with your time, and whether it deserves it.

561 briefsBusinessEvery business idea, minus the keynote.How a company or an idea actually works, stripped of the keynote.

620 briefsTechnologyHow it actually works, explained once, properly.The mechanism under the product, explained once and properly.

630 briefsCultureEvery idea shaping the moment, traced back to its source.The ideas shaping how people think and argue, and where they came from.

419 briefsAutomotiveEvery car that mattered, in less than a commute.The cars that changed how a road feels. What a machine was built to do, what it actually did, and why anyone still cares.

747 briefsAudioEvery machine that made a sound, explained in one take.The machines people make music with. Synths, guitars, microphones, consoles and software - what they do, and what they changed.

658 briefsFoodEvery dish worth knowing, in the time it proves.What a dish is, who made it first, and what it says about the people who eat it. Cooking as history you can taste.

372 briefsFashionEvery garment that mattered, in one fitting.The clothes that changed what people wear. What a garment was made to do, who made it, and what it came to mean.

445 briefsNatureEvery species worth meeting, in a walk around the block.What lives where, and how it manages it. One species, one behaviour, one habitat at a time.

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