Transforming an auditory perception into a visual one is – to put it mildly – tricky. But the rare occurrences that do work, often turn out as unusual and poetic adaptations of the original source material. Graphic designer Alex Szabo-Haslam successfully took on this challenge with his latest project, Waveforms. This saw him design eight screen-printed A2 posters based on the visualisation of his favourite bleep, techno and rave tracks.

The Sheffield-based graphic designer and music obsessive worked as a club promoter for several years, a job that had him on a continuous search for original and attractive visuals for the music he loves. The idea came about when listening to Aphex Twin's track, Didgeridoo. Szabo-Haslam wished to capture the track's energy into something physical, “something he could hang on his wall.” By analysing the song's soundwaves, he mapped out Didgeridoo and seven other tracks from start to finish, and transformed them into elegant, abstract shapes.As this is not the first project of its kind we have noted, an interesting trend in shifting between the sensory perceptions is coming to light. Live with Mira Calix too plays with the auditory and visual experiences by digitally sculpting the music of composer Mira Calix, and Ishin-Den-Shin literally alters soundwaves into the sensation of touch.

Szabo-Haslam waveform posters are on Kickstarter this month – support him and get one of his limited edition posters.