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Acoustics
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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.