New products from Skyline Design, Snowsound USA, Philips, Via Seating, Maars, Alsteel, KI, 3form, Arper, and Cavart.
August 2016 Product Briefs: Walls
The latest partitions minimize visual distractions, dampen sound, and carve out zones of privacy.
Glass Gradients
For these partitions suited for residential and contract interiors, Dutch duo Scholten & Baijings played with geometry and opacity, creating single-color and two-tone options. The square and dot patterns may be etched or digitally printed onto the low-iron Starphire glass, which comes in thicknesses ranging from ¼" to ¾".
Sipario
These lightweight triangular panels contain layers of densely woven polyester fiber that absorb high, middle, and low sound frequencies, achieving an NRC of up to 1.0. The frameless, double-sided design may be freestanding or wall-mounted. Fire-resistant and 100% recyclable, Sipario is Greenguard Gold–certified.
Luminous Patterns
This soup-to-nuts solution for producing illuminated architectural surfaces comprises designing a custom pattern for the client, laser-cutting and/or digitally printing it onto steel panels, and then fitting the panels with dynamically programmed Color Kinetics Flex LEDs. Five light effects are standard; 10 preset panel designs are in the works.
Legola
Assembled without tools, these double-sided upholstered panels link via a button-like connector; it slots into the channel bifurcating each unit. This joint also allows the panels to support numerous types of seating, backrests, shelves, and work surfaces, all of which may be reconfigured repeatedly. Featuring a hard core of foam on the inside, Legola panels are 27½" wide and come in two heights.
LineaCube
LineaCube provides an autonomous workspace equipped with its own ventilation, power, audio, and lighting systems, each integrated into the suspended ceiling. The minimalist glazed structure, which is free of vertical profiles, is visually transparent but acoustically opaque, offering a noise insulation value up to 53 decibels. Units may be specified in heights up to 10' and widths up to 13'.
Clubhouse
This freestanding aluminum structure provides a semiprivate meeting space in open-plan offices. The standard module features soft seating and a frame fitted with translucent screens; add-ons include work surfaces, media walls, consoles, storage units, and electrical integration. Clubhouse comes in two heights, each offered in seven configurations.
Freeform
The latest addition to KI’s preassembled butt-glazed Lightline architectural wall system allows designers to use standard panels to create curves and angles measuring 90º to 180º. Clear dry-seal connections maintain the unit’s transparency and preserve its adjustability for uneven floors and ceilings. The module’s ½"-thick glass also provides a sound transmission class rating of 36 to 39.
Elemental
Fabricated from post-consumer recycled paperboard, this flexible material comes in five metallic colorways and may be used in four of 3form’s popular sculptural screen systems (Wovin Wall in galvanized copper, shown). The textural, bio-based Elemental is also Cradle-to-Cradle-certified.
Parentesit Freestanding
Inspired by minimalist art and classic Japanese interiors, these movable modular screens with black metal frames come in multiple square and circular motifs. Each is available in Arper’s full range of Kvadrat and Fidivi fabric options.
GlassScreens
Part of Carvart’s Contract collection, this line of low-iron, tempered-glass privacy screens offers a multitude of heights (low to high), forms (sliding, fixed, and movable), and surfaces (smooth, etched, or writable on one side or two). Each may be specified in three or more standard widths. Pictured is a fixed full-height screen with a smooth opaque finish.
