Unexpected materials enhance the look and even the acoustic performance of these items.
March 2018 Product Briefs: Walls and Ceiling Products
Textures Collection
Studioart’s Textures Collection of high-quality leather wall tiles lets designers create richly tactile feature walls that can also improve a room’s sound quality. Innovative padding techniques serve a dual purpose, enhancing patterns and dampening noise. Tile measurements vary by design. Delta Tesoro oro bombato tiles (above), by designer Elaine Yan Ling Ng, are available in 6" x 10."
Printacoustic Collection
These polyester sheers are among the latest privacy solutions from Carnegie, since they allow designers to create a soft wall that can also control noise. When draped at 100% fullness, 118"-wide Printacoustic panels boast an NRC of .55; the NRC is .35 when the sheers are hung flat. The digitally printed design comes in two styles—Printacoustic Moments and Printacoustic Horizon.
Material Celebration
Wilsonart’s new collection of 25 laminates features 11 in designs like wood grain to add an element of craft to walls. These patterns span marquetry, herringbone, and chevrons, and imitate the rich look of crossgrains to help designers avoid the waste and high cost typically associated with sawn wood.
Rod System
Meltdown Glass Art & Design introduced this stainless-steel rod and cast-glass partition to enable designers to build privacy walls using less glass than is typical. The custom floor-to-ceiling system features the company’s tempered kiln-fired glass in a variety of textures and panel sizes, and is available in heights of up to 12'.
EchoCloud
Acoustics solutions company Kirei developed its EchoCloud line of suspended panels to absorb sound and reduce reverberation in spaces with high ceilings and exposed fixtures. Made from recycled PET plastic, 3D Cloud is one of four styles in the line. They are available in 20 colors and ½", 2½", and 5" thicknesses that vary by shape.
EchoCloud
Acoustics solutions company Kirei developed its EchoCloud line of suspended panels to absorb sound and reduce reverberation in spaces with high ceilings and exposed fixtures. Made from recycled PET plastic, 3D Cloud is one of four styles in the line. They are available in 20 colors and ½", 2½", and 5" thicknesses that vary by shape.
2100 Panelized Linear Wood Ceiling
Manufacturer 9Wood specializes in custom suspended wood ceiling systems such as the one shown, which features factory-cut shapes comprising ¾"-thick, walnut-veneered tapered slats with a Class A fire-rated, ultra-low emitting formaldehyde substrate.
Photo © Mark Davidson
Woodgrille
This system of ceiling panels by Architectural Surfaces is available in red oak, cherry, maple, and ash, in a variety of slat spacings that diffuse sound. An acoustical blanket made of recycled cotton lines the back for additional noise control.
AuralScapes Magnetic Ceiling Tiles
Using Modulararts’ patented magnetic attachment method, these 24" AuralScapes Magnetic Ceiling Tiles mount on a pre-assembled grid. The lightweight composite glass-andgypsum tiles diffuse and enhance sound. Designers can specify systems with optional pass-through voids to accommodate 6" LED fixtures, vents, and other mechanical fittings.
