Sonos Homes

I have to admit, I never thought my house was dull or bland to begin with. It has everything I love inside: from my husband and child, to my clever dog (seriously she’s great) to my favorite music on demand and instant access to some of the most incredible cultural moments happening anywhere. If you step back and think about it, it’s kind of amazing.

Musician Andrew Bird and designer Katherine Tsina are NY transplants who have fallen in love with their newfound LA lifestyle. Bird is an acclaimed singer, songwriter, and violinist, and Katherine Tsina is designer of custom clothier Avion. They live and work in a sprawling 1920’s Spanish-style home in Los Feliz with their young son.

We caught up with one of the art world’s more expressive characters, internationally renowned master of type Ben Eine, at his train side London studio and converted vinegar factory loft talking about creativity, what Listen Better means to him and how music influences his art and life. As a letter and wordsmith, there’s no mistaking Eine’s hand, with his alphabets recognised on streets and…

Sara Auster wants you to relax. As our lives fill up with the noise of digital notifications and attention-sucking screens, the New York-based musician and sound therapist wants to help others unplug, pause, and live more mindfully. But rather than using her own words to guide you through a meditation as you might expect, she uses sound. It’s called a sound bath. Using crystal singing bowls and…

Karen Kimmel and James Bond are a couple of creative powerhouses. Kimmel is a multi-disciplinary artist who also consults for a slew of major brands, while Bond is the founder of cult streetwear line Undefeated. They share their mid-century abode in Los Feliz with their two children and a veritable gallery of contemporary art.

Creative director at cycling mainstay Rapha, Alex Valdman leads a team tasked with discovering and developing products that respond to a cyclist’s holistic needs. While at his historic London home, he uses music and sound to communicate with his young daughter.

Brian Calvin is an artist based in Ojai. His paintings and sculptures have been shown at Art Basel, Frieze London, and in galleries like Almine Rech in Paris and Anton Kern in New York City. Recently, he contributed his iconic lips to the Sonos One campaign.

Jason Koenig has been busy directing music videos for Ed Sheeran, and his friends Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, for which he's received a Grammy nod and several VMAs. Koenig lives in a quaint craftsman in his hometown of Seattle with his wife, Jenny, and cat, Oliver.

Amber Lewis crams a lot into life - running a hugely successful interior design agency, designing her own line of homewares and commanding a social media following of millions. So at home in Calabasas, California - with her musician husband Mike, daughter Gwyneth, Gwynie for short, and a host of rescue animals - Amber's happiness lies in simple pleasures. She loves nothing more than curling up…

There was a time when record consoles were clumsy, great eyesores with shuddering speakers and sub-par sound. But that was before Debra and Scott Salyer of Wrensilva came along. These lifelong music-lovers have poured their passion into building design-forward consoles that sound as good as they look. And the new Wrensilva Sonos Edition is no exception – delivering an unbeatable listening…

Our visit to Nadine Goepfert’s home marks the continuation of our special collaboration between Sonos and Freunde von Freunden. We’re on a mission to celebrate the joy of listening out loud, waking up the silent home, and inspiring creativity in every facet of our lives.

The kitchen of the Hallahans’ beautiful home in the Cherokee Gardens section of Louisville gets a lot of morning light. This is both by physical and by social design. In this room Patrick — a big teddy-bear of a man who rose to prominence as the drummer of My Morning Jacket, and whose new local culinary venture, Butchertown Grocery, has been hailed as one of America’s best new restaurants…