AK 2: The Acoustic Dampening Lamp You Never Knew You Needed

Collaboration, coordination, and collective creative work are all great in the work environment. With the latest office designs encouraging this dynamic, desks are often pushed together. Although this collaborative office culture promotes teamwork, additional privacy is sometimes necessary for personal work to be completed efficiently, …

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Whisper: A Sound Dampening Solution by Tapio Anttila

When designing a dynamic and open workspace, there are many benefits, such as easy collaboration, a feeling of team cohesion, and a less stressful atmosphere that makes for greater productivity. However, a major drawback is the preponderance of noise interference and greater distractibility. Using wall …

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Sabine: The Storage Unit That Absorbs Sound

Cubicle offices are a thing of the past — and we’re pretty happy about that. But, with the newest office designs featuring open spaces and collaborative work environments, increased sound levels have become a major problem. Luckily, designers like Bertil Harström and Johan Kauppi are …

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Baux is Back, and with Acoustic Panels Bigger than Ever

Previously, Form Us With Love had collaborated with Baux and designers Johan Ronnestam and Fredrik Franzon to create a line of geometrically designed wall panels. The panels are available again with a slight tweak. They’re massive. The inspiration behind the panel designs and the choice …

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Wool Wall Panels from FilzFelt Create a Unique Design

FilzFelt uses German-milled 100% Wool Design Felt to create innovative solutions that reduce sound. Recently, they worked together with Felix Zebi and Vanessa Busemann of Cabs Design to produce a new product. The result of their collaboration? A folded acoustic panel system called Scale. Scale …

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Scale: An Acoustic Panel that Moves With You

Most acoustic panels are affixed to a wall and unadjustable. This is fine if your workspace is static in its structure and design, but what happens when it requires greater flexibility? Enter: Scale Benjamin Hubert, a designer for Layer, has created an acoustic partitioning product …

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Graceful Acoustic Dampening Wall Panels For the Workplace

Submaterial, a design company that specializes in unique acoustic dampening wall panels, recently launched a new line of products that are both brilliant and beautiful. The Acoustic Surfaces Collection uses thick commercial grade wool felt to decrease sound levels. The goal of this line was …

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When Acoustic Dampening is Built into Furniture Design

What can you do with EchoPanel®? A lot. Designer, Elliot Bastianon creates new furniture designs by working with EchoPanel, an acoustic sheet material that can be pressed, bent, folded, and pleaded to create different functional designs. The pieces are not only beautiful. They also have …

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Beauty and Smarts Come Together in the Parentesit Collection

Geometric designs + acoustic dampening + smart technology = Meet the newest products by Lievore Altherr Molina. Launched by Arper in 2015, Parentesit is a collection of wall panels that add a geometric flair to any space they’re installed. Outfitted with smart technology which allows …

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Introducing a Hat that Provides Light and Dampens Sound

BuzziSpace, a company known for innovative designs that bridge the gap between stylish and functional, recently released a new product which simultaneously provides light and dampens noise. It’s called BuzziHat. BuzziHat is a quirky looking light fixture that serves a dual purpose — providing light …

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