METROCON 2019 was a fun event for MPS™ as we exhibited in a design vignette with other companies in partnership with the design firm Smith Group, we sponsored a classroom and met tons of people around the CEU classrooms and delivered a CEU for designers and architects. The event brings in designers and architects from around Texas who are looking for exposure to different manufacturers as well as earning continuing education units. Andy Vawter delivered our AIA course on privacy in office design for the event. He also sat down with Daniel Litwin of Market Scale to discuss designing for privacy in modern offices on the Market Scale B2B Podcast.

The interview was all about how office space is changing to more open collaborative space and how MPS™ is working to educate everyone involved about the issues of acoustics and privacy. Andy and Daniel discuss how this change is impacting the office space. “Believe it or not” says Andy, “phone booths are coming back.” Businesses are trying to find a way to save costs and open up the space, but they know they will have issues with privacy. “I think it boils down to cost. How do we get more people in the space?” Andy points out that education is the most important part. People come to the designers looking for a space plan, so if that designer understands how acoustics works, they can be a very valuable resource.

Andy went on to talk about lessons learned on various projects and how to focus on the customers’ needs. “I think I’ve learned that just caring about the customers’ experience is really the only thing that matters.” This focus on the customer allows MPS™ to determine the correct solution for the client. Even if the original build of the space created some very difficult problems, helping improve the acoustics is always the goal.