More focus.
On just 1m².
- Sound insulation class A
- 2x Air exchange per minute
- 100-day return policy
HUUS One
The phone booth for productive teams
Telephone answering machine: Noise off. Concentration on.
A phone booth is the fastest way to create more focus in the office. No renovations required. Just a dedicated space where calls can happen without interruptions, while everyone else can keep working without distractions.
With just 1 m² of space, you can bring more quiet and privacy to your office—without redesigning it.
Office noise: What really helps in everyday life
Office noise is not a marginal issue in many companies, but a daily factor in productivity. Open-plan offices quickly demonstrate how significantly noise impacts concentration, communication, and work quality. This isn't just about a generally high noise level. More often, it's specific sources of disturbance that constantly demand attention: phone calls at workstations, spontaneous conversations, video calls, keyboards, printers, or slamming doors.
The spoken word is often particularly noticeable. This is one of the biggest challenges in dealing with office noise. Conversations are part of everyday work life. They can't simply be forbidden or permanently avoided. The crucial question, therefore, is not whether people talk, but whether there's a suitable place for it in the office. Solutions like the HUUS Boxes become relevant here because they specifically remove communication from open spaces, thus noticeably reducing noise levels across the entire area. HUUS One and HUUS Call are designed for focused conversations, phone calls, and video calls for one person, while
What 700+ customers say
HUUS is the perfect addition to our dynamic workspaces, supporting a community of 3,500 members. The booths create essential spaces for focused work and collaboration within our large, open-plan environments.
Flexibility is essential for us as a fast-growing company, and that's exactly what HUUS delivers. We can easily adapt our office as our needs change, and when it's time to move or expand, the booths move with us.
Your office without phone booths...
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Every day, valuable work time is lost to distractions.
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Noise level in the office is as much of a burden as a household vacuum cleaner.
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Where office noise really originates in everyday life
This includes, above all, conversations. Phone calls at work, brief discussions among colleagues, or ongoing video calls are the most frequent source of distractions in many offices. Added to this is the so-called half-log effect: when you only hear one side of a conversation, the brain involuntarily tries to fill in the missing information. As a result, individual phone calls often seem more disruptive than a steady background noise.
Your benefits
- Sound insulation class A: -30 dB
- 2x Air exchange per minute
- Ergonomically adjustable
- 100-day return policy
- Customizable design
- Professional setup
- Made in Europe
HUUS
Other
Why speech is so much more disruptive in the office than other noises
Conversations are usually the biggest challenge in the office because speech is processed differently than consistent background noise. The brain reacts immediately to voices, content, and sentence fragments. Even a brief customer conversation at the next desk can be enough to cause a loss of focus. Office noise is therefore not just a question of volume, but above all a question of the type of noise.
Which measures against office noise are truly effective?
HUUS speakers achieve sound insulation class A according to ISO 23351-1, meaning they reduce speech levels by 30 to 33 dB(A). The effect: conversations are significantly less likely to leak out, and you won't be disturbed by your surroundings inside. A second, equally important effect: conference rooms are no longer blocked by one person for individual calls. Meeting rooms remain free for genuine team discussions.
HUUS phone booths are constructed from multiple layers with acoustically effective outer walls, acoustic foam, and acoustic felt inside. They also feature a tightly sealing laminated glass door. In the HUUS Call Premium version, the 8 mm glass door is set in a metal frame, and the booth has an additional, sturdy metal frame for even greater sound insulation.
For users, this primarily means: You can speak confidentially without your conversation dominating the room. At the same time, you remain focused because you're less distracted by what's going on around you. And because individual calls no longer block meeting rooms, more free space is automatically created in the office – for productive workspaces and team meetings.
Room-within-a-room solutions as the strongest lever
When speech is the biggest source of noise, the most effective solution is to remove conversations directly from the room. That's why phone booths, silent pods, and meeting boxes are so effective in everyday office life. They don't just dampen existing noise, but relocate the source to a better location.
HUUS One and HUUS Call are designed for one person, creating compact retreats for phone calls, video calls, and focused work sessions. HUUS Meet expands on this concept with a meeting room for up to four people. This creates clearly defined spaces for communication and focus within the office, eliminating the need for constantly using workstations or large meeting rooms as alternative solutions. Depending on the model, the booths reduce speech levels by 30 to 34 dB, offer two air changes per minute, ergonomic table solutions, and direct connections for power, USB, or Ethernet. This everyday usability ensures that the booths are a practical and frequently used feature in the office environment.
An additional advantage lies in the cost-effectiveness. Instead of significantly altering the entire office structure, quiet zones are created precisely where the need is greatest in everyday life. This is more flexible and often considerably more efficient.
Acoustic surfaces for a calmer background
Not all noise in an office comes directly from conversations. Especially in open-plan offices, reverberation time plays a significant role. Hard floors, glass surfaces, and smooth walls reflect sound back into the room. This makes the noise level seem more restless and constantly present.
Acoustic surfaces such as ceiling panels, wall absorbers, or acoustic pictures can help here. They reduce reflections and make the room acoustically softer. This doesn't replace a room-within-a-room solution for conversations, but it can noticeably lower the overall noise level. Especially when combined with speakers, this creates a significantly quieter overall atmosphere.
Zoning for less friction in everyday life
Office noise often arises when different uses are located too close together. If the sales team sits directly next to accounting or IT, the coffee kitchen protrudes openly into the work area, or copy stations are placed in the middle of focus zones, friction increases almost automatically.
Therefore, the structure of the space is an important factor. Acoustic partitions between desks can absorb direct sound. Even more important is a strategic layout that effectively separates noisy and quiet zones. Shelves or cabinets with acoustically effective back panels can also serve as room dividers. Here, too, HUUS speakers demonstrate their usefulness: They complement the space at the points where the need for quiet and soundproofing is greatest in everyday life.
Don't underestimate floor coverings and textiles.
Another factor to consider is the flooring and textiles. Carpet tiles reduce impact noise significantly more than hard surfaces like concrete or laminate. Acoustic curtains can mitigate the impact of large glass surfaces that would otherwise strongly reflect sound. While these measures don't solve the problem of spoken language, they do help to reduce the overall noise level.
Your benefits
- Sound insulation: -30 dB
- 2x Air exchange per minute
- 100-day return policy
- Customizable
- Professional setup
- Made in Europe
HUUS
Other
Why HUUS speakers work so well in noisy offices
Ultimately, the most important factor for any acoustic solution is whether it's actually used in everyday life. A solution only provides noticeable relief if it's readily accepted. HUUS boxes are designed with this in mind. They combine sound reduction with ventilation, lighting, ergonomics, and connectivity in such a way that a theoretical retreat becomes an integral part of the workday.
The benefits extend far beyond the box itself. As soon as conversations, calls, and confidential matters are given a designated space, the entire office becomes quieter, more structured, and more functional. This results in more than just acoustic optimization: the space functions noticeably better in everyday use.
Top-Rated Ergonomics
Effectively reduce office noise instead of just dampening it.
Anyone wanting to effectively reduce office noise shouldn't just think about general soundproofing. The crucial factor is identifying the dominant sources of disturbance in everyday work. In many offices, this is primarily speech. Room-within-a-room solutions are therefore often the most effective approach, complemented by acoustic surfaces, good zoning, and suitable materials.
HUUS Boxes address this need. They create dedicated spaces for focus, calls, confidential conversations, and meetings without compromising the open-plan feel of the office. This transforms a daily source of disruption into a solution that noticeably reduces stress in the workday. For pricing, specifications, and options, you can find an overview here: https://huus.io/pages/datenblatt
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