The idea of a cocktail party might be a bit dated, but it is the perfect metaphor for describing one aspect of the most common complaints about modern office design.
TURF Hires Outside Talent to Streamline Operations
New team leader Rob Perri, a mechanical engineer with an MBA from Carnegie Mellon, brings a wealth of experience from Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Sara Lee and PepsiCo to the team.
Is noise the real enemy of productivity (and the end of open plan)?
Open plan studies are placing too much emphasis on collaboration and not focusing enough on the real cause of worker inefficiency - noise.
Sustainable sound insulation
Designing an Acoustically Confidential (and Open) Workplace
While many of our clients are interested in acoustics because of information security issues, just as many are concerned about employee wellbeing and productivity.
Egan Purchases Working Walls Solutions
The Working Walls Solutions acquisition provides Egan customers with access to a comprehensive range of standard, configured and custom products that are “visually appealing and functionally superb.”
Problems with noise at work? A lot of it is in our heads
Invisible Design for Performance
Akouo Acoustics Debuted at NeoCon as New Business Division of Sedia Systems
The new company, providing aesthetically attractive and technically advanced acoustical solutions and consulting, complements Sedia Systems’ furniture in academic and musical performance spaces where sound matters.
Acoustic Design: An Esoteric Art?
For years, interior designers have looked at acoustic design, particularly in open plan offices, as somewhat of an esoteric dark art.
Peace and quiet at work? Here are ten of the best and most far out solutions
Any survey that sets out to establish what people believe cuts their productivity and annoys them most about their workplace almost invariably throws up the same result; the noise and distractions generated by other people.
Office Design Trends Are Causing A Privacy Crisis
Can’t Sing? No One Will Hear Inside Soundproof Solo Karaoke Booths
DO HEADPHONES NEGATIVELY IMPACT COWORKING COMMUNITIES?
Dubbed the ‘new walls’ of shared or open-plan offices, headphones allow workers to block out background noise during tasks that require intense concentration and focus.
Sound advice on workplace design
Thoughtful design, paired with a change management program to educate staff, can both enhance connectivity and minimize distractions.
Sound Health: The Tranquility Room
It’s no wonder that healthcare workers are at high risk for physical and mental health problems, including musculoskeletal injuries and depression. Long overlooked, the impacts of diminished caregiver health are now coming to the surface.
The True Cost of Noise
Airborne sound comprises sound generated within a room and transmitted through the air. Typically, this includes people talking, typing, walking and moving objects; phones ringing; noise from heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment; printers; and sound/music systems.
Scale Folded Acoustic Modules by Cabs Design for FilzFelt
Scale is a system of modules that are made of cut and folded acoustic fiber composite with a 100% wool felt front, in your choice of 63 colorways.
Is a Noisy Office drowning your Productivity?
The open-plan office, with its lack of offices, partitions and other noise-absorbing devices, is the main culprit in the war on noise. The push to create more collaborative, creative workplaces has made some employees feel like battery chickens.
Hate Your Too-Open Office? Try This Modular Privacy Partition
A stylish new modular partition from the San Francisco-based design firm Box Clever was designed to easily give workers a little more personal space.