Controlling reverberation inside classrooms

Controlling reverberation in classrooms - Moving Designs LimitedControlling reverberation inside classrooms is a key to creating great learning spaces.

Most learning activities in classrooms involve speaking and listening as the primary communication modes.  Excessive noise may lead to students missing key words, phrases and concepts. Especially for younger children, who haven’t yet developed the skills that allow them to process conversations in the presence of background noise.

Students learn by listening to the teacher and to each other. Communication is a major component of classroom learning and recognition of the spoken word is critical for the cognitive process. Continue reading

Taming Office Noise with Sound Masking

Taming Office Noise with Sound Masking With the gain in popularity of open-plan office design, integrating acoustics into your workplace strategy is an important part of creating a productive environment. With companies overestimating the ability of their employees to drown out noise with headphones, acoustics are all too often an afterthought in workplace design and construction. However, the consequences of not doing so are quite significant.

One of the main complaints from employees is that they are constantly distracted by unwanted noise around them. Prolonged noise distractions caused by poorly designed office acoustics can have a negative impact on productivity and efficiency at work.

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Acoustic Partitions to Help With COVID-19

Acoustic Partitions to Help With COVID-19Despite a raft of restrictions such as gathering limitations the government wants to get the economy going again. As reopening schools and workplaces call for new safety measures, acoustic partitions are an effective way to minimise space to accommodate smaller groups. Whilst maintaining regulations and restricting the number of people who have access to a given space at any one time.

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Digitally Printed Movable Walls

Digitally Printed Movable Walls by Moving Designs LimitedBlank walls make for blank thoughts.

If walls could speak how would this “Art-Rock” partition define itself? I’m irreverent, rebellious, and quirky and have a strong opinion.

Art goes a long way toward conveying your vision, for people to see the world you are trying to paint. Digitally printed movable walls have their own personas and can tell a story, Continue reading

Acoustic Movable Partitions and their role in Schools

Movable Walls in SchoolsMovable Partitions in schools promote flexible learning spaces in the classrooms and beyond, creating an enhanced learning experience for the 21st Century.An important feature of flexible learning space is that it is of sufficient size to accommodate a range of different learning activities and can be easily configured or adapted to suit the activities taking place. Continue reading