Acoustic Wall & Ceiling Panels
Acoustic panels
Acoustic wall & ceiling panels for restaurants, offices and villas
PET felt panels, ceiling baffles and rafts, slat systems, office screens, acoustic luminaires and sound-absorbing furniture — engineered to cut reverberation and make speech intelligible again. Manufactured to order in your dimensions, colours and shapes, specified for the hard, humid, concrete-and-glass interiors of Phuket.
NRC 0.35 – 0.95By thickness, density and air gap behind
PET feltUp to 75% recycled fibre, formaldehyde-free
11 system familiesWalls, ceilings, screens, lighting, furniture
Made to orderCustom sizes, shapes, colours and printing
The problem
Why beautiful rooms sound terrible
A tropical interior is an acoustician's worst case: polished concrete, terrazzo, stone, full-height glass sliders, double-height ceilings and almost no soft furnishing. Sound has nothing to land on, so it bounces. Guests raise their voices, the room gets louder still, and a restaurant that looks calm becomes exhausting after twenty minutes.
Reverberation
Hard rooms hold sound for 1.5–2.5 seconds. Every new syllable arrives on top of the last one, so speech turns to mush and music loses definition.
The Lombard effect
People instinctively speak louder in noise. In an untreated dining room this feedback loop can add 6–10 dB(A) between an empty room and a full one.
Speech intelligibility
Absorption raises the signal-to-noise ratio at each table and desk. Staff stop shouting orders and guests stop leaning across the table.
Open-plan distraction
In open offices and coworking floors, intelligible chatter from neighbouring desks is the single biggest reported productivity killer. Absorption plus screens breaks the path.
Video calls
Microphones pick up the reverberant tail, not just the voice. A treated meeting room sounds close and dry on the far end of the call.
Mechanical noise
Split units, ducted fan-coils, extract fans and ceiling fans run all year here. Absorption lowers the reverberant build-up they create in a hard shell.
How it works
NRC, RT60 and how much you actually need
Two numbers run this conversation. NRC (Noise Reduction Coefficient) is how much sound a panel absorbs, from 0.00 (a mirror) to 1.00 (an open window). RT60 is how long it takes sound to decay by 60 dB in your room. We select and quantify panels to move RT60 into the range the space is used for — international practice rather than any single national code.
Restaurants & barsRT60 0.6 – 0.8 s
Open-plan officesRT60 0.5 – 0.6 s
Meeting & board roomsRT60 0.4 – 0.6 s
Classrooms & trainingRT60 0.4 – 0.6 s
Home cinema & media roomsRT60 0.25 – 0.40 s
Recording & podcast studiosRT60 0.20 – 0.30 s
Villa living & double-height hallsRT60 0.6 – 0.9 s
Multipurpose & event hallsRT60 1.0 – 1.4 s
Thickness drives NRC
9 mm (0.35 in) PET felt typically reads around NRC 0.35; 12 mm (0.47 in) around 0.45; 24 mm (0.94 in) around 0.70. Baffles and rafts, absorbing on both faces, reach 0.85–0.95.
The air gap is free absorption
Mounting the same panel on 25–50 mm (1–2 in) battens instead of flat to the wall lifts low-frequency performance measurably. We detail the cavity, not just the panel.
Coverage rule of thumb
Most hard rooms need 15–30% of their total surface area treated; a bare concrete restaurant may need 30–40% of the ceiling plane. We calculate it from your plan, not from a catalogue page.
Ceiling first, then walls
The ceiling is usually the largest uninterrupted surface and the cheapest to treat. Walls follow, at seated ear height and on the first reflection points.
Absorbing is not blocking
Panels reduce reverberation and noise build-up inside a room. Stopping sound passing to the next room is a separate problem solved with mass, isolation and sealing — we will tell you which one you have.
Scatter as well as absorb
3D relief, slats and parametric CNC surfaces diffuse reflections instead of only killing them, which keeps a room lively rather than dead — important in dining and music spaces.
What we supply
Eleven families of acoustic systems
Wall panels, ceiling systems, screens, lighting, furniture and bespoke CNC surfaces — all produced in the same PET felt and timber platforms, so a whole venue can be treated with one coordinated palette and one shipment. Every item is quoted per project: send areas and drawings and we come back with a specification.
01
3D acoustic panels
Sculpted relief modules that absorb and scatter at the same time. Boutiques, showrooms, museums, libraries and broadcast studios where the wall has to be a feature, not a treatment.
02
Embossed panels
Heat-pressed texture in the felt itself — linen, ribbed, quilted and geometric patterns. Premium offices, retail and hospitality interiors that want depth without depth of build.
03
Wave & curved panels
Soft, flowing geometry for meeting rooms, coworking, concert spaces, recording studios, home cinemas, spa and wellness suites. The curve also breaks up flutter echo between parallel walls.
04
Office screens & partitions
Desk-mounted, floor-standing and hanging screens for open plan, coworking and contact centres. They block the direct path between speakers and absorb what gets past.
05
Acoustic lighting
Felt pendants, illuminated rafts and backlit slat systems that deliver absorption and light from the same plane — the answer when the ceiling is already full of services.
06
Ceilings, rafts & baffles
Suspended systems for restaurants, offices, conference halls, retail and atriums. Baffles absorb on both faces, so a partial ceiling can do the work of a full one.
07
Printed acoustic panels
Digital printing straight onto the felt: artwork, brand identity, wayfinding, patterns and material imitations. Acoustic performance and interior graphics on one surface.
08
Acoustic furniture & pods
High-back sofas, soundboxes, phone booths and meeting pods. Privacy inside an open floor plate without building walls or reworking the air-conditioning layout.
09
Recycled PET decor
Screens, hanging elements, dividers and sculptural decor cut and formed from the same recycled felt — acoustic value from objects that read as pure design.
10
Parametric CNC surfaces
Contour-milled and perforated architectural surfaces built from your model. Complex geometry that absorbs, diffuses and carries the identity of the space at once.
11
Timber slat panels
Wood battens on an acoustic felt backing, in a choice of slat widths and pitches, with real veneer or decorative finishes and optional integrated lighting. The most requested system in villa interiors.
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Bespoke to your drawings
Non-standard formats, custom shapes, colour matching, branding and factory-cut openings for lighting, sprinklers, sensors and speakers. Produced from your specification.
Where it is used
Rooms that fail their acoustics first
The brief is almost always the same three spaces: a venue nobody can talk in, a workplace nobody can concentrate in, and a villa where the living room echoes like a car park.
01
Restaurants, bars & beach clubs
Ceiling rafts, baffles and acoustic pendants above the tables. Guests stay longer, staff stop shouting, and the fit-out keeps its concrete-and-timber look.
02
Offices, coworking & meeting rooms
Screens between desks, absorbent ceilings over open plan, and dry, close-sounding meeting rooms that hold up on a video call at 4 pm.
03
Villas, home cinemas & studios
Double-height living rooms, media rooms and recording spaces. Slat walls and 3D panels tune the room without turning it into a black box.
Built for the tropics
Why PET felt, and not fabric-wrapped mineral wool
The classic acoustic panel is glass or mineral wool inside a fabric sleeve. In year-round 70–90% humidity, salt air and constant air-conditioning cycles, that build-up is a liability. Polyester felt is the reason we specify what we specify.
Non-hygroscopic
PET fibre does not soak up airborne moisture, so panels do not sag, smell or lose performance through the monsoon season.
Mould gives it nothing
No organic binder and no paper facing means no food source for mould or mildew on the panel face — a real failure mode for fibrous panels near the coast.
No loose fibres
Thermally bonded felt does not shed irritant fibres into the air stream, which matters directly above open kitchens, buffets and desks.
Condensation tolerance
Ceiling rafts sit below chilled slabs and near diffusers. Felt handles the odd cold surface far better than a paper-faced or fabric-wrapped board.
Recycled content
Up to 75% recycled fibre, formaldehyde-free and low-VOC — the specification most hotel and workplace sustainability briefs are now asking for.
Impact and cleaning
Dense felt takes knocks in circulation zones, cleans with a vacuum brush or damp cloth, and can be replaced panel by panel rather than wall by wall.
Materials & compliance
Certification, fire class and technical data
Standards commonly held on these material platforms — the exact certificate set is confirmed per material and per project, and technical data sheets are supplied with the specification.
Standard panel format1220 × 2440 mm / 48 × 96 in
Felt thickness9 / 12 / 24 mm — 0.35 / 0.47 / 0.94 in
Slat panel format2400 × 600 mm / 94.5 × 23.6 in
Ceiling baffle, typical1200 × 300 mm / 47 × 12 in
Recommended air cavity25 – 50 mm / 1 – 2 in
Custom sizes & shapesTo your drawings, no fixed module
Formats above are the usual production sizes; final dimensions, thicknesses and tested NRC values are confirmed on the technical sheet issued with your selection.
Manufacturing
Six processes, one production platform
Panels are made on automated lines built for architectural work, which is what makes custom shapes economic rather than exotic.
CNC routing
Contour cutting, pocketing and 3D relief milling from your model or drawing file.
Profile & shape cutting
Hexagons, scales, leaves, arcs, logos — any repeating or one-off outline, with clean sealed edges.
Embossing
Heat and pressure form texture directly in the felt, so the pattern cannot peel or delaminate.
Thermoforming
Three-dimensional curved and domed elements pressed from flat sheet for sculptural ceilings and wall reliefs.
Digital printing
Full-colour artwork, brand identity, wayfinding and material imitations printed onto the acoustic face.
Perforation
Micro and macro perforation patterns that tune absorption across the frequency range while defining the look.
Installation
Fixed in days, with no wet trades
Acoustic panels are a dry fit-out. That is why they are the usual choice for a venue that has to reopen on Friday, or a completed villa where the owners have already moved in.
Direct fixing
Adhesive or concealed clips onto flat, dry board and plaster — the fastest method for wall panels in dry rooms.
Battened cavity
Aluminium or timber battens level the wall and create the 25–50 mm (1–2 in) air gap that lifts low-frequency absorption.
Suspended systems
Wires, tracks and Z-clips for rafts, baffles and acoustic luminaires, coordinated with sprinklers, diffusers and detection.
Retrofit into live venues
Ceiling baffles and hanging elements go in overnight or between services, without touching the existing finishes.
Services integration
Factory-cut openings for downlights, speakers, sprinkler heads, sensors and grilles so nothing is drilled on site.
Site tools only
Felt cuts with a blade or router; slat panels with a fine-tooth saw. No dust, no curing time, no shutdown of the space.
How we work
From drawings to a room that sounds right
1
Brief in
Plans, sections, renders, finishes schedule or simply photos and room dimensions.
2
Acoustic review
Surface audit, target RT60 and the absorption area the room needs.
3
Selection
System family, thickness, colour and layout matched to the design intent.
4
Specification
Quantities, NRC data, fire class, fixing details and a written quote.
5
Samples & production
Physical swatches and colour palettes approved, then made to order and QC checked.
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Delivery & support
Shipping to site, setting-out drawings and supervision for your contractor.
Selected work
Acoustic systems in place
Wall panels, ceilings, screens, acoustic lighting, pods and CNC surfaces across offices, hospitality and residential interiors.
Why RODESIGNE
Acoustics specified, not just supplied
We work directly with the factories that press, mill and print these panels, and we sit on the design side of the table. That means the acoustic answer arrives inside the interior concept rather than bolted on afterwards.
Direct factory access
No intermediaries between your drawing and the production line, and no minimum-order catalogue to work around.
Design-led selection
Colour, texture and pattern chosen against the rest of your finishes schedule, not from a technical brochure.
Quantified, not guessed
Absorption area calculated from your plan against a target RT60, with the NRC data to back it up.
Made to order
Custom sizes, shapes, colour matching, branding and printing as standard practice rather than a surcharge line.
Phuket on the ground
Local delivery, site visits and installation supervision across the island, plus export to projects worldwide.
One coordinated package
Acoustics, decorative panels, lighting, stone and furniture specified together and shipped as a single project.
Related
The rest of the interior package
Acoustic panels solve sound. If you are also choosing the surface, the light and the furniture, we can put all of it into one specification and one shipment. For pure surface finish with no acoustic requirement, start with decorative wall panels.
Finishes
Decorative wall panels
Stone, travertine, WPC, PU and marble-look panels when the brief is texture and speed rather than absorption. Often used on the walls that are not doing acoustic work.
Lighting
Technical & architectural lighting
Track, downlights and linear profiles coordinated with rafts and baffles so the ceiling plan works acoustically and visually.
Lighting
Custom light fixture manufacturing
Decorative fittings made to your design — including felt-shaded pendants that double as absorbers over tables and bars.
Hospitality
Lighting for hotels & hospitality
Decorative schemes for lobbies, restaurants and guest rooms, delivered on the same project programme as the acoustic package.
Furniture
Custom furniture
Upholstered banquettes, high-back seating and joinery — soft mass that quietly does a share of the absorption work.
Service
Turnkey project supply
Full FF&E and finishes packages for villas, hotels and restaurants — specified, produced and shipped as one project.
FAQ
Common questions
What clients and designers ask before an acoustic order.
How much do acoustic panels cost?
Price on request. Cost depends on the system family, felt thickness, finish and the treated area — a printed ceiling raft and a plain 9 mm wall panel are not comparable items. Send the room dimensions, the surfaces and how the space is used, and we will return a specification with quantities and a quote.
What is NRC, and what value should I be looking for?
NRC is the Noise Reduction Coefficient: the average share of sound energy a material absorbs, from 0.00 to 1.00. Thin 9 mm (0.35 in) felt sits around 0.35, 24 mm (0.94 in) around 0.70, and double-sided baffles and rafts reach 0.85–0.95. Higher is not automatically better — what matters is total absorption area against your target reverberation time.
Will acoustic panels soundproof my room?
No, and it is the most common misunderstanding. Panels absorb sound inside a room, reducing echo, reverberation and noise build-up. Stopping sound travelling to the neighbouring apartment or bedroom is sound insulation, which needs mass, decoupling and sealed junctions. We will tell you which problem you actually have before quoting anything.
How much of the room needs to be covered?
As a rule of thumb, 15–30% of the total surface area of a hard room, and up to 30–40% of the ceiling plane in bare concrete restaurants and double-height villa living spaces. We calculate the required absorption area from your plan against a target reverberation time rather than guessing a panel count.
Do PET panels survive the humidity in Phuket?
Yes — that is exactly why we specify them. Polyester felt is non-hygroscopic, has no organic binder for mould to feed on, and does not sag or shed fibres in year-round high humidity and constant air-conditioning cycles, unlike fabric-wrapped mineral wool or paper-faced boards.
What sizes and thicknesses are available?
The usual production formats are 1220 × 2440 mm (48 × 96 in) sheets in 9, 12 and 24 mm (0.35, 0.47 and 0.94 in), slat panels around 2400 × 600 mm (94.5 × 23.6 in) and ceiling baffles around 1200 × 300 mm (47 × 12 in). Custom sizes, shapes and cut-outs are produced to your drawings without a fixed module.
Can panels carry our branding or artwork?
Yes. Digital printing onto the acoustic face covers artwork, photography, brand identity, wayfinding, patterns and material imitations. Colour matching, custom shapes and CNC-cut logos are also standard production options.
Are they approved for hotels, restaurants and offices?
Fire-classified options are available — ASTM E84 and EN 13501-1 Class B are the classifications most often held on these materials, alongside OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100, GREENGUARD Gold and GRS recycled-content certification. The exact certificate set is confirmed per material and supplied with the specification.
How are the panels installed, and can it be done in a working venue?
Direct adhesive or clip fixing to flat substrates, battens where a levelling layer and air cavity are wanted, and wires or tracks for suspended rafts, baffles and acoustic luminaires. It is a dry trade with no curing time, so ceiling elements can be installed overnight or between services without closing the venue.
Can I see samples first?
Yes. We send physical felt swatches, colour palettes, timber slat samples and finish options before any order, and prepare a selection against your lighting conditions and the rest of the finishes schedule.
What is the difference between acoustic panels and decorative wall panels?
Acoustic panels are engineered to absorb sound energy and are specified by NRC and coverage area. Decorative panels are chosen for surface, texture and speed of installation — stone, travertine, WPC, PU or marble looks — and generally reflect sound rather than absorb it. Most projects use both: see decorative wall panels for the surface side of the package.
Start your project
Tell us which room is too loud
Send plans, renders or just photos and dimensions. We will review the surfaces, set a target reverberation time and come back with a system, quantities, samples and a quote.
Request a quote
Get in touch
Request an acoustic selection, samples and a quote
Describe the space, its surfaces and how it is used. Every system is quoted per project — you will get a specification with NRC data and quantities, not a price list.
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