Illustration of a vintage gramophone connected to a speaker and audio equipment.

Ugly is Beautiful

Ugly is Beautiful

This Project is a music visualizer, a piece that translated sound into motion and emotion, celebrating imperfection through rhythm and light. It became more than just a project; it was a statement of how I see the world and how I hope to design for it, finding beauty in the real, the flawed, and the human.

A person assembling a homemade speaker enclosure using a cardboard box, a vinyl record, and various tools.
A black tabletop with colorful wires and alligator clips, a foam packet, and a black shoulder bag nearby.
Young man giving a presentation in a classroom or conference room, on a screen behind him a colorful artistic image with the words "UGLY & BEAUTIFUL."
A young man with dark, curly hair, holding a microphone in one hand and touching a light bulb with the other, sitting behind a table with electronic components and a turntable, in a room with a purple and beige wall, appearing to be presenting or demonstrating an experiment or project.
A colorful, speckled circular object with black dots on a white table, surrounded by various tools and objects including a vinyl record, a white lightbox, a green stencil, and small wooden blocks.
A wooden table holds a messy art project with a vintage vinyl record mounted on a paper cone, a small speaker, wires, a purple plastic cup, a digital thermometer, and a handwritten message on paper reading 'UGLY IS BEAUTIFUL' with additional notes and scribbles.
A tabletop space for a science project with a turntable featuring a vinyl record, a makeshift satellite model with a white fabric dish, various electronics, tools, and supplies scattered around, including a glue bottle, batteries, and posters.
A person with curly hair wearing a dark blue shirt leans over a table, adjusting a small homemade wind turbine with a fabric sail marked 'Broken Music' attached. The table has electronic components, a small amplifier, wires, a purple speaker, and a vinyl record.
Two young men working together on an electronic project at a desk, with one leaning over and the other sitting, amid a busy room with other people in background.