Design360° is a design magazine based in Guangzhou, China.

With the diverse dynamics of the music medium and music experience, music-related design scenes have emerged in a wide variety of visual expressions. This issue of Design360° magazine presents the different connections between music and design in this sub-discipline from an observer’s perspective, exploring the rich but fragmented music design performances. The editor will lead readers to a new scene and a new experience of music design by using visual creation from multiple perspectives as a clue.

In this issue, editorial advisor Lu Tao, explores three major “scene fragments” of music experience: VJ, nightclubs and albums, and presenting the visual design that shines in them. We hope that behind the sharing of visual experiences and creations, we can expand our thinking about groups, times, contents, and the music medium and the music industry as a whole. At the end of the theme, the editors borrowed the concept of “B-Side” from the album and invited two special guests who are both musicians and designers to enter a broader world of musicians as designers.

The theme for Design360° Issue #101 is demo: Music Design.