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SCANDINAVIUM ROUND TRIP TO DENMARK A. M. ACOUSTICS 2.0 We visit Glöd, the new arena restaurant Installers on assignment in Copenhagen Now an end-to-end provider in acoustics Acoustics 10 2018 Aim'n Sportswear With roots in Halmstad and New Zealand A MAGAZINE OF IDEAS FROM A. M. ACOUSTICS AND GOTESSONS FOR ANYONE WORKING WITH BEAUTIFUL AND FUNCTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS FROM WORKPLACE TO CREATIVE SPACE™ 03 oprano saxophone! Is there any more ACOUSTICS10 / coNTENts beautiful sound? As a former sax player, S I'm probably biased. I mention it because music is what got me interested in acoustics and how our sound environments affect us as people. My name is Emil Johansson and I started this autumn as CEO for Gotessons and A. M. Acoustics. For those of you who haven't met me, I can tell you that I have a technical background, and I have taken the long route, rising up through the ranks at Gotessons. When people ask me to describe the best parts 35 16 of the interior design industry and Gotessons, I always come back to the ever-present spirit of curi- On page 35 we talk with Stefan Page 16. We follow along with On page 22 you can read about osity and joy. It strikes me that there is a definite Örn about building his new studio. A. M. Acoustics installers on their our visit to Aim'n Sportswear in connection between design and positive relation- What did he consider important assignments in Copenhagen and Halmstad and their new offices. ships – so the question is just which comes first? Is as a professional music producer? Zealand, including the restaurant The successful duo Tekla Acs it the creative meeting places that create harmoni- And what should we consider? KØD, and as seen in the picture, and Robin Mostacero talk about ous people or is it that this particular group just to ARC, a heating plant that is the history of their company. happens to choose to work in our industry? The also a ski slope. truth is probably somewhere in between. Another thing I like about interior design is that I get to be creative on a practical level. Although my role in the company and our projects has changed over time, my passion is being a part of shaping and developing our solutions. Some may find it strange that I have gone along to help put together trade show displays or install acoustic screens out at the customer's facility. Personally, I believe it helps not only to get an idea of how we can create better solutions, but also to build unique interactions between architects, customers and employees. So, if you visit Orgatech or the furniture fair in Stockholm, it's by no means impossible that you've seen my handiwork with a screw gun! 22 Emil Johansson CEO, Gotessons and A. M. Acoustics Acoustics 10 CONTRIBUTORS to THis issuE Akustik magazine is published by A. M. Acoustics and Gotessons in collaboration with Spiro kommunikation. Anders Wennerström is the editor of Acoustics and lives MANAGING PUBLISHER Johan Götesson, creative director in the small town of Slöinge, south of Falkenberg in Sweden. EDITOR AND ADVERTISING Anders Wennerström, Spiro kommunikation PRODUCTION Spiro kommunikation, Vallgatan 25, 411 16 Gothenburg, Sweden, spiro.se Anders, or Ante as he is known, works at the communications WRITERS Anna Råström, Sofia Eriksson, Anders Wennerström agency Spiro, which has been collaborating with A. M. PHOTOGRAPHY Anders Sällström Acoustics for several years. PRINTING Vindspelet Grafiska. Akustik is printed on environmentally friendly paper with FSC, PEFC, EU Eco label & Swan labels. CONTACT akustikmiljo.se, [email protected], +46 346 714 850 Anna Råström was born in Jämtland but has grown into a gotessons.se, [email protected], +46 321 687 700 long-term Stockholmer. After studying journalism and cultural Feel free to cite us, but please indicate the source. Unsolicited submissions will not be history, she worked in web communications and marketing, answered. but more recently has returned to writing, and is now a FROM WORKPLACE freelance writer and communicator. TO CREATIVE SPACE™ 04 NEWS In brief Zlatan opening the Padel Zenter Nobel Prize: Night-time noise is worse Just like his fellow Swedish athletes Peter Forsberg and Jonas Björkman, Zlatan This year's Nobel Prize in medicine is directly connected to pioneering Swedish “Ibra” Ibrahimovic has taken a step into the world of padel. The football legend is auditory research into the circadian rhythm of the ear. The laureates' discoveries opening his centre for this popular racquet sport in Stockholm (Årsta) under the have paved the way for findings as to why we are at greater risk of noise damage name Padel Zenter. “Starting my new career soon,” writes Zlatan below an image on at certain times. The 2017 Nobel Prize in medicine goes to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Instagram, where he released the news. Padel is noisy, with slamming sounds from Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their discoveries of the molecular mechanisms racquets and is also a sport played inside a glass box, a known acoustics problem. that govern our internal biological clock. They found a gene that controls circadian A. M. Acoustics delivered sound absorbents to Padel Zenter in the form of large rhythms and discovered how it works together with a protein to create a 24-hour format prints and ceiling absorbents that make the entire hall considerably more cycle – which explains why loud noises at night can cause hearing damage when comfortable for both players and trainers. the same noise during the day does not create any problems. BIGPRINT from A. M. Acoustics is a sound absorbent effective in racquet sport Mice exposed to noise suffered damage to their auditory nerves that healed quickly halls. Used for sponsor signage or as a decorative element. during the day, but the same noise at night resulted in lasting damage. Source HRF. Ceilings in copper, silver or cloth Top 10 risky jobs for your hearing Ceilings were exclusively white for ages. Only recently have they also become Exposure to noise levels above 85 dB for extended periods of time is harmful and available in darker shades, which are increasingly popular. For some time, there can lead to hearing damage. The higher the decibel rating you are exposed to and have been new means of laminating fabrics of different types directly onto sound the longer the exposure, the more it can damage your hearing. Here is a list of absorbing panels, opening up entirely new expressive possibilities. Fabric type and the 10 worst professions in terms of threat to hearing. 10. Hair stylist (Hairdryer character can vary widely. In the restaurant Glöd (which you can read more about noise), 9. Pre-school teacher(shouting, crying and noisy play), 8. Motorcycle in our report on Scandinavium), a fabric with a metallic appearance resembling a messenger (loud noise and wind), 7. Landscaper (lawn mowers and leaf blow- copper mesh was used – this served to tie into the warm tones in the restaurant. ers over 107 dB), 6. Musician, DJ, sound technician, night club personnel Fabrics laminated onto ceiling absorbents can also be printed with any motif, photo, (guests and music), 5. Carpenter (saws and hammer drills generating 120 dB), illustration or text. For example, A. M. Acoustics have produced ceiling absorbents 4. Building site worker (pneumatic drill around 130 dB), 3. Miner (up to 135 with printed musical notes. dB), 2. Racing car driver (125 dB) and 1. Airport ground personnel (starting aircraft generates 140 dB). The restaurant Glöd in Scandinavium features ceiling and wall absorbents with a The noise in a Formula 1 car is deafening, with sound levels up to 125 dB. But it is copper finish to create warm tones. also the length of the race with several hours of driving that is dangerous. Source: Audible. IDENTITY 05 Glöd Restaurant With history on the walls TEXT Anna Råström PHOTO Anders Sällström When the sports arena Scandinavium in Gothenburg was due for renovation architecture firm Abako was asked to design a completely new restaurant for 700 guests. 06 IDENTITY Glöd Restaurant A restaurant designed by architecture firm Abako is opening at Scandinavium. Pictured: Jonas Gardell in the show “Mitt enda liv”. Photo: Stellan Herner HE IDEA WAS TO create a Glöd comes from the Swedish for Birgitta Holmström, Interior Design meeting place in the form of “glow” and, precisely as the name Manager for the project. a completely new restaurant suggests, there is a sense of warmth area, while also shining a here and the colours play on various PART OF A LARGER WHOLE Tlight on Scandinavium's long his- reds and yellows with copper accents. Gothenburg architecture firm Abako tory. And a visitor can probably feel Entering the restaurant actually feels a is behind the renovation of Scandi- a breath of the history when walking little like entering into the living room The acoustics now navium. Abako has been involved in a around among old concert posters, of Gothenburg itself. had to be adjusted number of renovation projects at Scan- autographs and images of the Frölunda “Instead of looking around for a pub for 700 people dinavium. Together with Got Event players, seen here many times or restaurant near the stadium, visitors instead of 40. AB, which handles operations, the throughout the years. can now meet inside the arena. Most Birgitta Holmström firm's associates have developed new The new section holds a large dining people who go to a concert or an event Abako concepts for stadium seating, lobbies, area with room for 700 guests and will are there a few hours early anyway, architecture firm bars and lounges.