How to Achieve Great Acoustics in the Workplace Improved acoustics in the workplace environment = improved productivity and staff well-being. Sound can affect our ability to concentrate and a noisy working environment can have an adverse effect on our ability to work effectively. While many people are aware of the problems created by poor acoustics, Read More
Acoustic Pods and Hubs: the theory behind the performance (2)
Using natural products – biophilic is the way to go! Acoustic pods are two a penny. Google those words and you are spoilt for choice with a wide range of office pod dealers and manufacturers. But an acoustic hub, that’s something a bit special, more unique. Biophilia – the relationship between humans and nature – Read More
Acoustic Pods and Hubs: the theory behind the performance (1)
Office Design for Well-Being: ‘Prospect and Refuge’ Why do we need to have the right environment to work in? Theories about how we respond to our environment have influenced architectural design since the early 1950s and the work of a geographer-poet, Jay Appleton, has generally become accepted as being important enough to influence the way Read More
Three strategies to improve workplace acoustics
Employee well-being is now becoming increasingly important. Forward thinking employers recognise the importance of health and well-being in attracting and maintaining staff – and they have started to do something about it. The biggest complaint by employees in open plan offices? The distraction caused by other people! Talking (on the phone, in nearby offices, by Read More
Failed to Fail
“We have some good ideas here. But the only way to know if they’re workable is to try to make them fail. If we fail to fail then maybe we’re on the right track.” Oscar Scott Card, ‘The Lost Gate’. Can it really be 6 months since we launched The Hub at 100% Design? The Read More
We Rock the Shack at 100% Design
Rock the Shack! 100% Design The buzz and hum of the 100%Design event at Olympia in the last week of September created the perfect environment to showcase the Acoustic Hub. Amidst the throng of designers, architects and creators, the Hub was an oasis of calm, its simple clean lines echoing the other new designs on Read More
The Day of the Shoot – June 16th 2015
Nerves weren’t exactly frazzled but there was definite excitement in the air on the day of the shoot. This day would be the culmination of months of hard work and we were hoping to achieve many things which would give The Hub the go-ahead as a truly innovative and viable design. Nick, a seasoned insomniac, Read More