by David Bizzaro

Presenting The Flaming Lips light and audio phase illusion toy. The Strobotrip! The toy includes a user controlled strobe light, 24 animation discs, and a USB stick containing The Flaming Lips 6 hour song!
I created 14 of the 24 disc designs included with the toy. I had a lot of fun working on this project. There were many challenges with this one. The animation had to be created in a short amount of frames. So to find a way to create multiple entertaining and trippy animations was very difficult. After doing a bit of geometry, and a lot of trial and error, I discovered some patterns within the small disc’s space that made the animation a lot easier. I am really happy with the designs we chose.
Michelle Martin-Coyne, Daniel Huffman and Dylan Bradway also contributed to the design of the discs. The designs they came up with are very cool!!
If you are wondering how to get your own Srobotrip, it might be a bit difficult right now. There are a few at Dwelling Spaces in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also, Wayne Coyne has been personally delivering this limited supply of toys to record stores. So keep a look out for him! Maybe he’ll be in your hometown next!!