The EC-funded ICT COST Action IC0601 Sonic Interaction Design (SID) ran from 2009-2011. Sonic Interaction Design is the exploitation of sound as one of the principal channels conveying information, meaning, and aesthetic/emotional qualities in interactive contexts. The Action pro-actively contributed to the creation and consolidation of new design theories, tools, and practices in this innovative and interdisciplinary domain. The Action had a had a budget of €543,470.

Dr Frauke Behrendt chaired one of the four Working Groups this COST Action and was part of the Action’s Steering Committee (SC) that was overseeing the work of the 37 experts from 19 EU and associated countries as well as 55 ‘Short-Term Scientific Missions’.

The peer-reviewed paper ‘Sonic interaction design: sound, information and experience‘ was presented at the CHI conference. The Action published an edited collection titled ‘Sonic Interaction Design‘ with MIT press (2013). Other outputs include the organisation of Doctoral Training Schools, international conference papers and a final publication.

An international exhibition on Sonic Interaction Design was another key output of the Action. Dr Frauke Behrendt co-curated it with T. Lossius. This exhibition attracted 30,000 visitors and took place in the Technical Museum in Oslo (Norway) in June-August 2011. The Exhibition catalogue was published.