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
Case study: IKEA Head Office, Wembley
With new acoustic pods, IKEA embrace the biophilic approach Date of installation: March 2017 Number of Hubs: 6 telephone booths 1m x 1.2m – The Hideout; 2 small hubs 2m x 1.2m – The Haven Client History Flexible working space is one of the key trends for office design, and a company like IKEA 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
Case study: MyDrive, Leathermarket, London
Acoustic Hub becomes an ‘Innovation Room’ – the perfect acoustic space for thrashing out ideas! Date of installation: September 2016 Number of Hubs: 1 of 3m x 2m – The Cabin Client History Towards the end of 2016, MyDrive, a dynamic, London based business specialising in monitoring software, were struggling for meeting space. As a 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
Case Study: Chelmund’s Cross Village Project, Solihull
The new generation acoustic pods become the flagship for Acoustic Hubs Client history Chelmund’s Village Cross Centre is part of North Solihull Council’s investment in the future as they seek to regenerate and boost the whole area with a series of innovative and exciting projects aimed at bringing in new business, and extending not only Read More
The new generation of acoustic pods installed in Zurich
Acoustic pods are not new, but acoustic hubs are. The difference between a pod and a hub? Put simply, an acoustic hub is more than just a meeting room: there is an acoustic pod within a hub, but a hub can be used inside and out, can be extended with outer whiteboards and seating, and can 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