Nelly Ben Hayoun: Design is all about passion and ambition At Design Indaba Conference 2013, Nelly Ben Hayoun chats to Michael Bierut about her project The International Space Orchestra Nelly Ben Hayoun has been called the “Willy Wonka of design and science” and has been on a mission to bring chaos, subversion and disorder into […]

The International Space Orchestra features in Wired.  Read the full article here From: Nelly Ben Hayoun THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE ORCHESTRA (ISO) IS ORBITING THE EARTH 19th November 2013   Two Ardusat (Arduino based Nanosatellites run by Nanosatisfi) Carrying ISO’s Ground-Control: An Opera in Space Recordings Launched Into Space on 4th August 2013   On 19th […]

The International Space Orchestra Screening featured in Elle Magazine, China, September 2013.

Nelly Ben Hayoun, Designer of Experiences of the SETI Institute, will be speaking at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, USA  on March 11th with her International Space Orchestra collaborator Jasmina Tesanovic. READ ABOUT THE PANEL HERE The International Space Orchestra Nelly Ben Hayoun is Designer of Experiences at the SETI Institute. In 2012, Ben Hayoun assembled the world first […]

Two-time Grammy Award winner and jazz violinist extraordinaire Evan Price is the International Space Orchestra Musical Director. Evan Price is steadily gaining recognition as one of the world’s most confident voices in extra-classical string playing. A native of Detroit, MI, his musical background includes some earnest dues-paying in a variety of genres. From square dance […]

The International Space Orchestra and Nelly Ben Hayoun special feature in Red Star Magazine, September 2013, China See more and read the article here

Designing the Impossible, Radio programme on BBC radio 4 selected on BBC News homepage. More on the radio programme hereand listen to it HERE: A radio programme on Nelly Ben Hayoun’s design practice produced by Mukti Jain Campion, for BBC radio 4 Read more and listen to it HERE With interviews from Thrilling engineer Brendan […]

The International Space Orchestra feature documentary, a film directed by Nelly Ben Hayoun is part of Disegno film nights in collaboration with RIBA. More details on the programme here

Dubbed the ‘Willy Wonka of Design and Science’, award-winning director and designer of experiences Nelly Ben Hayoun is a critical explorer, a fearless and passionate provocateur. In 2014 Wired magazine awarded her with a WIRED Innovation Fellowship for her work to date and its ‘significant impact on the world’ whilst in 2013, Icon Magazine touted […]

The International Space Orchestra in magazine for Malaysian Airlines inflight: Going Places words by Jamie Khoo Taking music into space Art meets science in this fascinating new initiative by “experience designer” Nelly Ben-Hayoun as she creates the first orchestra of space scientists. The orchestra includes members from NASA, SETI and the International Space University and […]