E-DRUM is a kinetic and interactive electronic drum show: a round stage 3.3 metres across, where every note the drummer plays becomes light, and the structure itself changes shape as he plays, creating a dynamic environment around him.

Idan Herbet was the show's industrial designer: from the first sketch by Cochavi & Klein and TETA Music, through scoping and putting together a team with an expert for each field, to designing the rings, the pistons, the specially developed connectors and the stage that breaks down into three parts, together with blacksmith Efi Schwartz and concept designer Omer Israeli.

Yes. All the drums, the lighting and the mechanics fit inside the stage, which breaks down into three parts and fits in a van, so it can be assembled and taken down at every show, outdoor shows included.

Every drum is outlined in RGBW neon flex with dynamic pixel control over DMX, and the whole show is synced by timecode and MIDI notes, so every hit on a drum triggers its own light in real time.

E-DRUM won the LIT Lighting Design Awards 2019 in two categories, interactive lighting products and LED lighting products and fixtures, and the A' Design Award 2020 Gold in the lighting products and fixtures category.

You start with scoping, and break the idea down into questions. With E-DRUM there was no precedent for a stage that moves around a drummer while he plays, so we put together a team with an expert for each field, from a drummer and a lighting designer to a metalworker, an electrician and a programmer, and cracked the questions one by one: what the drummer needs to play 360 degrees, how you sync a person and a machine, and what material to use.

Because someone has to bring all the parts together into one body that works again every night. With E-DRUM that meant rolled rings, pistons hidden in the stage, connectors we developed specially for the drums and the LEDs, and a stage that breaks down into three parts and fits in a van.

It is exactly the same work: combining lighting, mechanics and structure in one element, coordinating many professionals under one address, and thinking ahead about transport, assembly and maintenance. The only difference is that this element goes on stage instead of hanging in a lobby.