Giraffe Audio

Not every part of a project is glamorous but it all matters! These shots were taken during a recent cabling job at the University of Birmingham, an institution we’re very fortunate to work with regularly.

Whilst close-ups of connectors and cables don’t steal the spotlight very regularly, there’s definitely a sense of accomplishment going from tangled cabling to a properly structured system. This work formed a small part of a much wider installation supporting studio upgrades and ongoing spatial audio research.

Sometimes progress looks less like a finished room and more like well-labelled cables and tidy terminations but it’s no less important!

This is a render from the early stages of an education space we had been putting together. It's an important step in our process as it gives us a basis to think properly about how the room will work, feel and perform before anything is built.

Our experience has taught us that a well-designed education space does more than house a bunch of equipment but actually plays an active role in the teaching and learning that goes on within it.

That's why when we design a new space the audio, visuals, lighting and acoustics are all brought together as part of a cohesive design so that the environment we create can support different teaching styles, reduce distractions and the need for troubleshooting, and ultimately help students stay focused and comfortable.

Balancing office work with time on site is an important part of how we approach build projects.

Time in the office spent planning and coordinating allows us to work more efficiently on site, and being hands-on during the project feeds back into more realistic and productive design decisions. We've found that relationship brings a level of consistency and continuity to our builds that’s hard to deliver any other way.

Here's Nick on site finishing off the final stages of a fabric job and neatly hiding away the acoustic material installed at an earlier stage.