Cheryl, I'm from Manhattan a city known for its sounds from the Bronx to Chinatown. The bridges and subways to bustling midtown. The sounds of Rockefeller Center at Christmas and Coney Island during the summer.

I'd suggest exploring some of these sounds to give your typographic pallet some depth. Mermers in a museum seems rather tame and what is the type for a cell phone conversation anyway.

I think they may have it at my university library, going to check tomorrow...

I suppose I picked a museum at first because I like the feeling of calm in there! But I am from London I suppose it might be similar in places to Manhattan, as you described, I am all too familiar with the hustle and bustle on London Underground and Central London. It can be quite nice but also good to get some peace :D

What about all that concrete typographic stuff?
Also check out "Telephone Book" by Avital Ronell.
There's also some interesting stuff in the archives
here actually, IIRC.

BTW, it strikes me that an interesting sound-event to convey would be a thunderstorm.

hhp

> That is very helpful, thanks. I'm going to have a look in my uni > library tomorrow!!!