[Silhouette International Schmied AG, Linz/A, 2007/2008]

"[…] During a long conversation [with the team of Sonic Atelier] I realized that our large workshop is a resonating space just like the body of a guitar, only bigger. […] Immediately after the side elements and later the hanging elements were put up we began feeling good and everybody was reacting positively. Colleagues from other departments wondered if we had hired artists to brighten up our gray space. More and more I noticed that I was experiencing the sound as something more pleasant, not as resounding and racing around any more. It is much easier now to hear and understand each other when speaking at a normal level, and we do not perceive the sound around us as annoying any more. […]]

Siegfried Wögerbauer, Head of Injection Moulding Production, Silhouette International Schmied AG, Linz/Austria

At this industrial manufacturing facility we succeeded in eliminating droning and reducing peak levels drastically. Beyond this, good conditions for aural orientation/localisation and a colourful, transparent atmosphere were created, thus enhancing the quality and functionality of this production space.