There were six contestants in the Jukebox building contest
sponsored by The Virtual Museum of Architecture, located at Purdue University
(207, 113, 26). As you may remember from previous articles, their
Spring Build-off theme featured 50’s drive-ins. The theme proved to be so popular that they
decided to hold a mini Jukebox building contest.
Elaara Wylder-Hansome (elaara.wylder) won first place with
her fun design. Elaara never expected to
win. She said, “I was excited just to
take part!” Her entry features lots of neon
in colorful pink, blue, green, yellow and purple that rotates and changes. Records move and drop down, too, just like the
old jukeboxes used to do. (Or so I’m
told.)
One of the criteria for the contest was that the jukeboxes
had to be able to play music. Originally
the requirement was to play a 50s stream, but that was later modified to
require that it could play a song that was provided. Neither Elaara nor I could remember the
name, but it’s an upbeat, familiar-sounding rock-n-roll tune. I couldn’t resist dancing a bit.
Neural Blankes won Second Place, and Third Place was awarded
to Toxic Darkmatter. Darkforest Dean (rottin.dean) created a jukebox with six selections in it, including Doo Wop and a Rockabilly station. Jolie Serendipity and Djinn Dasmijn, who coordinates
the contest, also competed.
The winners were selected by members of the VMA, who voted
for their favorites. The competition was
tough as all of the jukeboxes look great.
They are on display now, along with the drive-in trophy designs, inside
the VMA building.
Grey Lupindo
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