I’m Oscair Murray, a Product Design graduate with a strong interest in building products that combine physical craftsmanship with technology. I’m particularly interested in electrical engineering, app development, and CAD modelling. I enjoy bringing ideas to life through hands-on processes like woodworking, metalworking and 3D printing. My work is driven by curiosity and a desire to understand how things are made, from internal electronics to the final physical form.
For GradX, I’m developing a self-teaching guitar which is a project inspired by my personal passion for music and my belief that learning an instrument is an incredibly valuable skill. The project explores how product design can make music more accessible by helping people learn in a more intuitive way. I enjoy creating products that feel practical, engaging, and meaningful, with a focus on solving real problems through thoughtful design.
Instrumentor
Instrumentor is an interactive guitar learning system designed to support beginner to intermediate players through real-time visual guidance embedded directly into the instrument. The project addresses common barriers to learning guitar, including poor finger placement, lack of feedback, slow progress, and early-stage frustration that often leads users to quit.
The final prototype integrates addressable LED strips within a custom-built fretboard, illuminating note and chord positions directly beneath each string. A side-mounted touchscreen interface, powered by an Arduino GIGA R1 WiFi and Arduino GIGA Display Shield, provides additional learning support through chord diagrams, tutorials, and song-based interaction.
The wider ecosystem also includes a companion mobile application, which enables users to upload songs by converting guitar tablature into coordinate-based LED outputs on the fretboard. While this feature was developed conceptually within the mobile app and was not fully integrated into the prototype, it represents a key aspect of the product’s intended functionality.
