24 December 2025
Modern office design has evolved beyond desks, walls, and layouts. Today, it’s about experience, collaboration, and employee well-being. Yet one invisible layer of workplace design quietly decides whether a space feels alive with energy or overwhelmed with noise, acoustic design for offices.
If sound is not planned well, even the most beautiful office can quickly turn into a place filled with distractions, overlapping conversations, echoing voices, and tired minds. That’s where office acoustics steps in, quietly shaping how a workspace feels, performs, and supports people.
In simple words, acoustics in an office is about how sound behaves inside the workspace.
– Does your voice bounce back as an echo?
– Do private conversations feel public?
– Does background noise constantly break your focus?
If yes, your office acoustic design needs attention.
Good acoustics don’t make the office silent. They make it balanced, calmer, and mentally comfortable. Employees can communicate clearly, focus better, and feel less drained, all of which directly impact productivity, wellness, and performance.
Acoustic panels for offices are surfaces designed to absorb sound instead of reflecting it.
In modern offices, most materials like glass, tiles, metal, concrete, laminates, reflect sound. When sound keeps bouncing between these surfaces, it creates noise, echo, and disturbance. Sound absorbing panels trap these waves and soften them, reducing chaos and improving comfort.
One of the most preferred materials for these panels today is PET acoustic panels.
PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) is a polyester material made largely from recycled plastic bottles. When transformed into PET felt acoustic panels, it becomes:
– Powerful in sound absorption
– Lightweight & strong
– Eco-friendly & sustainable
– Safe for indoor workplaces
– Visually customizable (colours, cut-outs, 3D textures)
This makes PET acoustic panels for offices a perfect mix of performance, design, and sustainability.
Kirit JoshiCo-Founder & Director – Spacewood
Kirit Joshi, a natural entrepreneur with a mechanical engineering degree from VNIT Nagpur and a couple of years of experience in the modular furniture industry, co-founded Spacewood Furnishers Pvt. Ltd. in 1994 as a Director along with his college mate Vivek Deshpande. Later in 2011, he co-founded Spacewood Office Solutions Pvt. Ltd, where he plays a role as Director, apart from other group companies. Starting as a small establishment with a 2000 sq.ft. space; 10 workers and a modest investment, Kirit Joshi’s hard work and determined entrepreneurship helped to take the company past the 100 Crore mark in just about ten years and eventually become a market leader.
Vivek DeshpandeCo-Founder & Director – Spacewood
Vivek Deshpande, a mechanical engineer from VNIT Nagpur started his career in the modular furniture industry, but quickly found that his true calling in establishing a manufacturing unit of his own. Eventually, he teamed up with his college mate Kirit Joshi and he jointly set up Spacewood Furnishers Pvt. Ltd. in 1994 as a Director. Later in 2011, he co-founded Spacewood Office Solutions Pvt. Ltd, where he plays a role as Director, apart from other group companies. His keen skills and intuition and the decisive push into a nascent industry in India (at that time), gave him and the company a first-mover advantage and these factors contributed greatly to the rapid growth and emergence of Spacewood Furnishers Pvt. Ltd. as a giant player in the modular home furniture business over the last two decades.
Nitin SudameFounder & Managing Director SOS
Nitin, an entrepreneur, founded Spacewood Office Solutions (SOS) in 2011, leading it to prominence in the office furniture segment. With over 34 years of industry experience, including roles at leading companies like Thermax Ltd. and Blow Plast Ergonomics Ltd. (BPEL), Nitin’s expertise in material management and logistics has been instrumental. As Director of Spacewood Furnishers and co-founder of SOS, he prioritizes employee development and fosters a strong company culture. Under his leadership, SOS has become one of India’s fastest-growing modular office furniture companies, driven by his ability to build high-performance teams and nurture enduring client relationships.
