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International Noise Awareness Day 2023 – Turn it down
What is noise? How does it occur and how can noise be prevented? Even our little ones are moved by this topic. In the course of their project day two weeks ago, the schoolchildren from the “Am Kaiserholz” kindergarden in Neustadt visited our shipyard.
After the children made themselves comfortable on our apn® Cube seating cubes in the captain’s lounge, our guests pricked up their little ears and listened attentively to our captain. First came a short “theory unit”: playfully and child-friendly with visual plus auditory examples, our captain took the children on an exciting journey into the world of acoustics.
He illustrated what noise is and what sound waves have to do with the creation of noise. Also why it is so important that we as a company have taken on this problem and how many people as well as departments are needed to manufacture and market the room acoustics solutions. Afterwards, everyone went on a discovery tour through our production halls and offices. There was plenty to marvel at, touch and try out.
The highlight was the final try and craft activity. Among other things, the children were able to try out and experience the effect of sound waves with can telephones. It was sanded, painted and glued with fabric scraps from our upholstery. At the end, every child had their own individual wooden school cone as a souvenir in their hands.
An exciting, informative and fun morning for all came to an end. We are already looking forward to a repeat!
News from the Ideenwerft
After our apn® Gig XL snagged the #10 spot on OFFICE ROXX’s Top 100 Office Solutions 2023 last week, we can finally announce our Acoustic Screen upgrade. Behind closed hatches, people had been discussing and whispering for some time: it sounded as if the “Klabautermänner” were singing shantys.
So we crossed the Baltic Sea and brought in a new fabric for our apn® Gig XL. This shines in Scandinavian, simple colors and the graphic weave pattern of two different yarn colors looks like a modern fine grid structure. The result is an even more refined office accessory.
Our acoustic screen is a flexible room divider that visually and acoustically screens and optimally adapts to the new requirements of a modern office space.
We have a reason to celebrate …
… – with our apn® Gig XL we are on place 10 of the OFFICE ROXX Top 100 Office Solutions 2023!
The acoustic screen promises what the new working worlds demand: Flexibility!
The clever 2in1 solution creates small meeting corners and retreats in the office or shields the workplace in the home office in no time. At the same time, our high-performance acoustic product absorbs distracting noise, reduces reverberation and significantly improves speech intelligibility.
Click here for the top 100 office solutions: https://bit.ly/3YZLNVu
We sail to Hamburg …
Our acoustician, together with our project developer, is sailing to Hamburg for apn at DAGA 2023.
The 49th Annual Meeting on Acoustics will take place from 06. to 09 March at the CCH – Congress Center Hamburg. Hundreds of expert presentations from the colorful world of acoustics are already waiting to be heard.
From Tuesday, March 7, the foyer of the Congress Center will be transformed into an exhibition area and we – as a genuine North German room acoustics manufacturer – will of course be part of the party:
You will find us on level X at booth no. 12
Exhibition hours:
Tuesday, March 07, 08:00 – 18:00
Wednesday, March 08, 08:00 – 18:00
Thursday, March 09, 08:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
We are looking forward to your visit!
Object-related acoustic solutions
We cannot serve every project with our extensive standard range. When custom acoustic solutions or customer-specific design requests are required, our in-house contract construction department – our Akustikwerft – steps in. Mixing our standard portfolio with object-specific acoustic solutions is also no problem for us, as the following project shows!
After our sales representative had made an on-site visit to the client’s premises, he got down to work and came up with an acoustic concept that would suit the company and the premises.
He used acoustic products from our immense standard range: our easy-to-install, plain white acoustic ceiling sails “apn® Vinta A” and the three-dimensional fabric-covered wall absorber module “apn® Forma FH Stripes” in the company’s corporate design.
On the part of our customer the in-house graduate architect designed an own creation of our wall absorber “apn® Forma FH Free”. After checking the technical feasibility and minimal adjustments on our part, the wall absorber module was handmade in our Akustikwerft.
The acoustic and visual centerpiece of the new office space towers over two floors of the staircase, measures a proud 2.40 m x 4.80 m and consists of 15 different elements in three different thicknesses. In order to also optimally acoustically dampen the corridor area, the graduate engineer architect designed an additional “miniature” variant.
When will you start your acoustic project with us?
The role of the Future Corporate Brand
The role of the corporate brand will play an increasingly important role in the future. Flexible work locations and remote work are changing the status of a company’s premises from mere workplaces to tangible places of corporate culture. They serve the meeting and communication between employees as well as customers.
The office becomes a place that attracts, captivates, engages and inspires people again and again. The design of this place plays an important role and it is necessary to implement the identity of the company up to the furniture, up to the details.
Such a place with soul was created by interior designer Imke Stüven in the new customer area of the AKQUINET building at Bramfelder Spitze in Hamburg. With the choice of the interior, she recognized the potential and the peculiarity of this place and created on it a coherent, self-invigorating environment.
The power of each color of the AKQUINET logo is reflected in the selected furniture. In the process, our color-coated apn® Lamella A acoustic baffles blend in with just that.
At the same time, we bring in a tangible environment through our room acoustic solution. Acoustics is more than just the mere absorption of sound. Only those who feel comfortable in a room can let it have an effect on them.
Do you know the phenomenon when snow falls in winter and the world around you becomes more muted and quiet? An inner peace arises within you? To make this feeling tangible in a room is our passion.
Photos: Matthias Engler