Quartz: Can Sound Design Make Us More Productive at Work?
Sound can transport us and transform our energy. Just think of how you feel when you hear the soothing sound of rain in a forest or the first frenetic notes of Billy Joel’s “Pressure.” Yet offices, hospitals and other buildings are typically either silent or cacophonous. In Quartz at Work, Layne Braunstein, Leader of Creative at NBBJ’s New York experience design studio, ESI Design, offers ideas to infuse sound into office design for a more human-centric, connected approach
