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    Design and Architecture

    Design a Sound Booth for 'Sonic Trace'

    Calling KCRW designers, builders and engineers! The independent radio producers Anayansi Diaz-Cortez and Eric Pearse-Chavez are working on a documentary project called Sonic Trace, which captures the stories of immigrants from Southern Mexico and Central America.

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    By Frances Anderton • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Calling KCRW designers, builders and engineers! The independent radio producers Anayansi Diaz-Cortez and Eric Pearse-Chavez are working on a documentary project called Sonic Trace, which captures the stories of immigrants from Southern Mexico and Central America. They need an eye-catching sound booth that they will transport around town for several months as they conduct interviews. They are asking you to compete to design and build the structure that will house their audio equipment. Sonic Trace will cover the cost of materials and give you or your firm plenty of public credit. Here are more details on how to enter.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Eric Pearse-Chavez

      Producer, 'Sonic Trace'

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    4 of 4
    Hats and High Culture, Reconsidered
    1. 0:00Opera Reaches New Audiences
    2. 9:49Hats Are Turning Heads Again
    3. 20:27Remembering Vidal Sassoon
    4. 25:39Design a Sound Booth for 'Sonic Trace'You’re reading this
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