we’re here to make workplaces sound just right
Combining interdisciplinary expertise from architecture, acoustic and interior design, 45dB pushes the boundaries of what sound can do, helping bring forward a new way of working.
Sound being unseen is often forgotten, or worse, ignored in the design process. Beautiful spaces must not only look great, they must sound great too.
Only when great architecture and interior design combine with great sound, can you truly tailor your space to satisfy the needs of your workers and your business.
In fit-out, defining your space with furniture and finishes is only half the job. When sound fails, you will inevitably discover engagement, morale, productivity, privacy and comfort suffer also. Those in quiet focus shouldn’t have to ‘tolerate’ those collaborating nearby. Defining and protecting space with sound solves this problem from the start.
properly designed sound that really works
attention has become our most precious asset
Poor sound management creates significant problems in workplaces, particularly in how work gets done in open-plan, flexible settings. Here individual work patterns clash with team rhythms, and tensions erupt between those in deep focus, with those distracting them.
All too often workspaces are being designed around individual preferences, not collective behaviours.
Time to ‘shush’ up all those noise complaints
The rules for creating world class workspaces have radically and rapidly changed. Whilst the internet, smartphones and open plan offices have redefined what it is to collaborate, real life experience designing these modern workplaces reveal significant shortfalls in following a traditional approach.
Why settle for a world of
sub-optimal extremes
Bouncing between waves of quiet focus and louder chatter, people are finding themselves spending far too little time in flow, inside their ideal zone. As we ‘open-plan’ everything, we add to a new kind of productivity crisis, where we compromise privacy, human connection and team cohesion.
“To me sound is everything - without it we’d be lost. Being able to harness that energy and use it to create a mood, space or feeling inspires me. Why do I do what I do? For the love of sound.”
— Tom Hardy, Founder 45dB
smart sound systems
Meet the future of workspace design, where all five senses are holistically considered. All work activities in all work environments are protected and separated so they can function as they are supposed to.
Where improved culture, mood, wellness and tranquility is felt by all, not the few. Fit out of the highest quality - versatility, flexibility and sustainability. When you crack your sound formula, you’ve never experienced anything like it.
Better community, increased sharing, communication, collaboration and productivity on every level without impacting on others in solitary focus. Things just flow. Work spaces designed for human beings … sounds perfect.
for the love of sound
Optimising workplace sound design is both our unique strength and our personal passion.
Tom Hardy, Founder and Principal of 45dB brings deep experience, providing his clients the clarity they need to transform their workspace environments and establish the kinds of collaborative behaviours that enable people to excel together.
Leveraging expertise across sound, furniture and office design, Tom’s expertise attracts collaborative projects from all sectors, resulting in privileged, high responsibility roles in the team collectives he regularly operates inside.
On a personal level, Tom’s enthusiasm for sound see him encouraging and mentoring others in the field, both formally and informally.