Plus occasional updates on Dezeen’s services and breaking news. Sent every Thursday and featuring a selection of the best reader comments and most talked-about stories. Our most popular newsletter, formerly known as Dezeen Weekly. It was held in collaboration with architecture studio TP Bennett and featured Simmonds alongside TP Bennett principal director Cristiano Testi. "So you can just like arrive to your favourite song every day."īroadcast live last month, the Dezeen talk explored how office design will change as a result of the pandemic. In the brand's Gothenburg office, it has installed a system that plays an employee's favourite song when they swipe in. "We have music in all of our lifts," she said. Unsurprisingly, Spotify already integrates music into its office and has speakers installed in all its spaces. It gets you super excited about what's coming up." Spotify incorporates speakers in all its office spaces "Quite a lot of our meetings open up with music pumping out," she said. The company has used music to liven up video meetings during lockdown. People choose different music for every part of their life. "It's a very emotional reflection of your whole entire life.
'The benefits of music are huge," she said.
Traditional workspaces will be provided alongside the more cozy spaces This is something we are really lacking when working on our own at home."Īt home, Simmonds added, people can music to suit their mood without worrying about whether co-workers will like it or not. "Maybe people are putting their computers by the window so they can see activity people walking past. Fabrics and soft furnishings can help improve acoustics But she has also noticed that many people who are working from home choose to sit facing a window. She plans to introduce "cosy little nooks" where people can work quietly. I think that we really have to kind of get that comfort level in." "I guess what we've learned is this cosiness, and we want to keep that. "And that's what's lacking in an office sometimes." "In our homes as a whole we've got really good acoustics we've got sofas and curtains," she said. Soft acoustics, cosiness and proximity to a window are among the benefits of home working, she said, along with ability to play personal music choices. Sonya Simmonds made the comments during a live Dezeen talk
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