Now that office walls have come down, workers are ducking into closet-sized “pods” for privacy and quiet. Is this a retreat from the open office or the next phase of it? After 30 minutes in the ...

The era of hybrid work has created an acoustical conundrum for offices. Once bemoaned for the cacophony created by workers chattering and clicking away in their open floor plans, offices are now ...

Desks, so many desks, plopped down in clusters, linked by bridges of paper, sandwich wrappers, Kleenex. Noise, so much noise, conversations cancelling conversations, phones ringing, editors yelling, ...

It almost seems like another age, but a common complaint of office workers was that the modern open-plan office was too noisy to get anything done. The constant hubbub of chatter, machinery, and ...

Entrepreneurs who are just starting out don’t always need a dedicated office space. With the rise of remote work and coworking spaces, business owners and their employees have more options than ever ...

Open offices make up 70% of our work environments, filling our workspaces with distractions including nearby meetings and watercooler chatter. While these open spaces are great for in-person ...

If you’ve ever felt your noisy open-plan office makes you cranky and sends your heart racing, our new research shows you aren’t imagining it. Prior to the pandemic, 70% of office-based employees ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic making work-from-home a necessary condition—along with an increased reliance on phone and video conferencing amid the chaos of a bustling household—the right audio gear is ...

UW researchers say they can now mute different parts of a noisy room, or isolate one conversation in a chaotic environment, thanks to a swarm of small audio robots that auto-position themselves to ...

Whether or not it’s better to work remotely or in person is a debate that will probably continue for as long as we’re alive. Many studies show productivity increases with remote work, and it saves ...