In most cases, a modern office is a large area with separate workstations. Even in older buildings with separate rooms, several employees still use the same room. Only the management staff can count on their own office, the rest of the team must come to terms with the realities of working in a more or less onerous neighbourhood. The problem arises when one of the employees has to make a confidential telephone call.

Acoustics and security standards and personal data protection

Contrary to appearances, there are many such situations. Because it is not only about confidential business talks regarding corporate matters, but also about conversations containing sensitive customer data. Offices, banks and other financial institutions, insurance companies, patient service centres, law and tax offices - employees of such institutions have dozens of "sensitive" conversations every day. To protect customer data from unauthorized persons and to protect company secrets, it is necessary to completely isolate the person conducting the conversation.

Total discretion - only in a closed room

In such a situation, a simple partition between workstations or an additional acoustic screen will not be a sufficient solution. Manufacturers of closed booths resembling modern telephone boxes responded to the need to completely cut off the user from the surroundings. One of the most interesting offers on the market is the offer of the Framery company - originating from Finland, but operating on a global scale.  There is a reason why Framera's partner in Poland is Balma - the booths of the Finnish manufacturer fit perfectly into the arrangements developed by Polish designers, entering a real symbiosis with Balma's office furniture.      

Office telephone booth: eye-catching ...

The first contact with Framera's proposed solution is impressive. The manufacturer offers several variants, differing in size and equipment, but each of them has a tasteful form, using noble materials. Most importantly - the booth fits well into the office space. It is more associated with an element of interior design than with an inserted piece of furniture. This is largely due to the glass surfaces that do not optically limit the space.

... functional ...

The basic function is, of course, acoustic isolation from the environment and here the booth is unrivalled, ensuring the same confidentiality as an office or a room separated by glass walls. An important advantage is maintaining a perfect view, thanks to which the person using the booth can maintain eye contact with colleagues and react to emerging needs. Installations: lighting, electric, as well as the possibility of installing additional devices, e.g. for video chat, increase the pool of possible applications.

… And comfortable.

Framery booths are equipped with an advanced ventilation system that ensures air exchange and filtration. The materials used inside are pleasant to the touch and at the same time suppress sound reflections to an optimal extent - maintaining the naturalness of the voice and ensuring user well-being. 

The booth can be used standing or sitting - maintaining an ergonomic, healthy position is facilitated by height-adjustable tops, seats and footrests. The size of the booth itself and the surface of the countertops allow you to work freely with notes, documents or a laptop.

Sometimes it is enough to cut off the noise

Of course, complete isolation from the environment is not always necessary. After all, most standard office conversations are not secret. In such a case, cabins for talks or meetings are a good solution. Provided with seats, lined with soft, absorbent material, they reduce the amount of noise that is bothersome for the people talking inside, and at the same time - muffle the sounds of the conversation, protecting other office employees from them.  

Another idea to ensure better working conditions are movable acoustic shutters. They make it possible to smoothly cover the source of the greatest noise for the duration of the conversation (for the comfort of one's own as well as the speaker), without losing voice contact with co-workers. Such solutions can be found, for example, in the Balma Plus system catalogue.   

Flexibility a great advantage

It is worth noting that the beforementioned modern solutions improving acoustics in office interiors respond to the basic general need, which is ... flexibility of working conditions. Telephone booths are a place where - if necessary - we close ourselves for several or several dozen minutes, acoustic booths are used for occasional meetings, and the authority to set up an individual acoustic screen belongs to the employee and he or she has an impact on their own comfort. This is what a modern office is like.