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Acoustics
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Products
14 Products Shaping a More Responsive Office
Return-to-office mandates and hybrid-work models have some companies rethinking their office spaces—and design-forward manufacturers are keeping pace. These latest office furnishings and components address the evolving
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Products
11 Products That Shape Space Through Texture
Wool, velvet, bouclé, chenille—this spring’s textile launches blend soft touch with stimulating visuals to create memorable, tactile interiors.
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Products
Discover the Best Products and Materials of 2025
METROPOLIS rounds up some of the most innovative products and materials that shaped design this year, highlighting breakthroughs in sustainability, circularity, and performance.
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Viewpoints
How Acoustic Design Is Evolving for the Modern Workplace
Experts from the A&D industry came together to discuss challenges and share opportunities in partnership with METROWALL.
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Products
8 Sleek Ways to Soften Sound
Discover how sound can shape your space with innovative design elements that enhance commercial interiors.
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Products
Should Wool Play a Bigger Role in the Built Environment?
As mountains of waste wool pile up around the world, its untapped potential is coming into sharper focus.
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Products
5 Innovative Products to Dress Up the Ceiling
These decorative solutions for ceilings also solve real-world problems.
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Products
4 Color Trends That Are Good for the Brain
New research into neuroscience suggests that color affects our psyche, emotions, and bodies. Here are four color-ways to shape moods and memories.
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Products
6 New Products that Lean Into Their Legacy
Discover how these brands, whether nascent or well established, are innovating to expand on their product heritage.
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Viewpoints
Embracing Differences: Understanding and Designing for Neurodiversity
When we design for neurodiversity—be it autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorder—we design for everyone.
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Projects
A Floating Learning Center Is Inspired by a Salmon’s Eye
The structure, anchored in a Norwegian Fjord, was designed by Kvorning Design to have as little environmental footprint as possible.
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Projects
David Geffen Hall Fixes Decades of Architectural Missteps
The new home of the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center aims to improve both its acoustic qualities and community standing.
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Projects
Sou Fujimoto’s House of Music Enchants like the Works of Hungary’s Great Composers
The Budapest museum dedicated to music harmonizes a spatial medley for sonorous performances, engaging exhibitions, and education about Europe’s musical history.
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Viewpoints
“Auralization,” the Technology That Lets You Listen to a Room Before It’s Built
Noise can cripple an environment, so acousticians are using immersive sound technology to more accurately predict and prevent a barrage of distractions.
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Viewpoints
Exhibit Creates Semi-Anechoic Experience in Middle of Guggenheim
For the first time since it was conceived in 1968, Doug Wheeler's Synthetic Desert can now be experienced at the Guggenheim.
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Programs
Designing for the Senses: The Promise of Distraction-Free Offices
How we work has a lot to do with where we work. A recent panel discussion judged that office acoustics play a major role in workplace productivity.
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Viewpoints
Bertoia Beyond Knoll: The Lesser-Known Works of a Mid-Century Master
Two new exhibits at the Museum of Art and Design take a fresh look at the career of mid-century artist and designer Harry Bertoia.
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Viewpoints
David Adjaye Releases Album of “Sound Architecture”
Architect David Adjaye and his composer brother Peter Adjaye have released an album of "sound architecture."
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Viewpoints
A Toy-Like Sound Installation Takes Up Residence in a Modernist Landmark
The sound artist Yuri Suzuki found inspiration in the venue of his latest installation, Le Corbusier's Église Saint-Pierre.
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Profiles
Yuri Suzuki: Sound Artist, Designer, and Sometimes DJ
The London-based designer mixes computer programming and grade-school charm in his whimsical sound installations.