Orfield’s consulting practice and portfolio are reflective of the different approaches to design, research and testing that our clients desire.  Some of their work is responsive to questions our clients raise, and consulting that works to resolve those questions. Other projects are more about looking at the questions and wondering if those are the relevant questions and ways to approach a project. The lab’s best projects test their clients' problem definitions in preliminary research and then redefine the definition before proceeding.

In the Product Development field, Orfield consults in many product types including appliances, vehicles, audio visual, medical, aircraft, tools, lawn products and many others. With a specialty in human perception, consulting is approached through each of these product types with a special focus on human comfort, performance and preference.  As a result go founding the first sound quality collaboration, the Sound Quality Working Group (SQWG), they have convened 20 SQWG sound quality conferences at Orfield Labs.

In the Architectural field, Orfield offers the only multi-disciplinary building performance consulting package in the country, providing consulting in acoustics, lighting, daylighting, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, audio visual design and preverbal subjective research on perceptual comfort and perceptual preference.