"Sound2Picture" (www.sound2picture.net) is the latest stage in a series of research and development projects being conducted at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). It documents the work of one sound designer who demonstrated a host of new skills and imaginative practices with hardware and software. The article shares aspects of this work through case study and considers the implications for the work of music educators. The aim of the research was to illustrate how the processes and practices of sound design could extend existing compositional pedagogies. The methodology chosen was qualitative in design and used case study. It focussed on the work of one particular sound designer whose approach to sound design seemed particularly interesting.