SOUND-LED EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Sound is where experience begins.
We design and produce audio tours and spatial sound experiences for exhibitions and heritage sites. From the first concept, we use sound to shape where visitors pause, what they hear and how the story unfolds.
Sound → State → Experience → Memory
Sound is not added after the room has been designed. It helps define attention, pace and meaning from the start.
SELECTED WORK
THE BRITISH MUSEUM
The Bayeux Tapestry
Official Audioguide production - Commissioned by Tapart
AKERK
Oorlog Dichtbij
Audioguide and On-Site Sound Integration - Stichting Groninger kerken
ART BASEL MIAMI
AKU World by Micah Johnson
Sound production for Wall projections - Aku World and Durkatwork
STATE DESIGN FRAMEWORK™
Four stages. One coherent experience.
01
Intention
What should this experience set in motion?
02
Physiology
How should sound guide attention and pace?
03
Dramaturgy
How does the story unfold over time and space?
04
Integration
How does sound work with the room, team and technology?
Planning an exhibition or renewal?
We work alongside curators, exhibition designers, AV partners and audio-tour platforms to turn exhibition stories into complete audio experiences visitors can understand, feel and remember.
Working together
Sphere of Sound is led by Jelmer Althuis, founder and creative director, based at the Mediacentrale in Groningen.
Jelmer starts every project with one question: what should a visitor feel and understand at each point of the route? From there he designs the sound to get them there, using the State Design Framework. He is involved in the story, the recording, the composition and the spatial mix, and stays involved through on-site testing.
For larger productions he brings in a trusted team of voice actors, writers and specialists. You keep one point of contact. Sphere of Sound works alongside your exhibition designer, AV supplier and audio-guide platform, not instead of them.
Let’s talk about your project.
Planning an exhibition, an audio tour or a new visitor route? Call Jelmer to talk through your ideas.
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