Introduction
Does your space become too noisy and suffer from sound echo and reverberation problems? With the increasing use of glass and open plan design, this is a common problem facing many offices, meeting rooms, public buildings, hotels, restaurants, retail premises and homes.
It's caused by the wall and ceiling surfaces reflecting the sound and bouncing it back into the room to cause unwanted echo and reverberation. The situation can become worse as people compensate by raising their voices to be heard. Speaking on the phone and conference calls can be difficult with these sound problems.
When the acoustics of a room are well-balanced, the room’s atmosphere is pleasant and creates a more tranquil “softened” setting. This is in turn increases people’s ability to grasp information and to work efficiently.
Our sound absorbing acoustic wall panels offer excellent acoustic performance via a cost effective and easy to install solution. We produce three types of acoustic wall panels: Acoustic Art Panels, Acoustic Photo Panels and Acoustic Fabric Panels.
1) Acoustic Art Panels
Our sound-absorbing acoustic art panels offer excellent acoustic performance cleverly disguised as a contemporary piece of art.
Choose from our library of contemporary images featuring a wide variety of fresh artwork styles, including nature art, abstract art, architectural art, landscapes, figurative art and quirky illustrations. The library is available online at: www.gingerwhite.co.uk/html/clientpage_Acoustic_Images_v1.htm
(if this link doesn't work directly when you click on it just copy and paste the address into your internet browser)
Your chosen artwork design is then printed onto the fabric, using a unique printing technology called dye sublimation. It is then hand stretched over our robust wooden frames.
2) Acoustic Photo Panels
With our acoustic photo panels, you can create your own custom panel. The finished printed look of the panel has endless design possibilities, including:
a) Your images - supply your own corporate messages, logo or photos to be printed
b) Purchase images from image libraries – if you're looking for something specific, you can search thousands of images from the worlds leading image bank libraries (and then purchase images and send to us to print the image onto the acoustic panel). This website provides a good directory of image bank libraries: http://www.bapla.org.uk/index.php
Shutterstock image bank library provides an extensive range of affordable stock images.
TIP: Ensure the image has a big enough file size/resolution for your required acoustic panel size – if in doubt, please ask us to check the files before purchasing from the image library.
c) solid colour - we can colour match to compliment your decor ir brand colours
Example Photos of Acoustic Photo Panels Installed on Customer Walls
Example Photos of Acoustic Fabric Wall Panels
How are the acoustic panels made?
Each acoustic wall panel is handmade at our workshop and is comprised of 3 main parts: a wooden frame; the inner acoustic foam; and the acoustically transparent fabric.
It should be noted that some acoustic panels supplied by other companies are made without a wooden frame by just gluing the fabric directly to the acoustic foam. Whilst this is certainly a quicker and cheaper method, if has the following disadvantages
How do acoustic wall panels reduce sound?
The acoustic wall panels are made from a highly absorbent semi-rigid core with a high quality acoustically transparent fabric face.
With acoustic art panels, a unique printing technology (called dye sublimation) is used to print the fabric face with your chosen design. With acoustic fabric panels, the fabric material is acoustically transparent. For both types of acoustic wall panels, sound waves pass through the fabric face (instead of bouncing off it) and are then absorbed by the inner panel core. This reduces the sound echo and reverberation, making the space less noisy and easier to communicate within.
Note if you attempted to print images onto fabric using a normal digital printing process this would not absorb sound (as the print process reduces the fabric's acoustic transparency by effectively adding a layer of ink on top of the fabric which reflects the sound waves). Using the special dye sublimation printing technology maintains the acoustic transparency of the fabric.
Technical performance
The acoustic performance of the acoustic wall panels can absorb up to about 90% of the sound hitting it (varying by different sound frequencies). To put this in context, a typical bare wall has just a 3-5% absorption rate (carpet 20-30%, stone 5-10%, double glazing 2-3%).
For the more technically minded, the acoustic art panels will meet Class C absorption with a Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC) of 0.75. The table below sets out the absorption coefficients for different sound frequencies.
ƒ/Hz | ||||||
125 | 250 | 500 | 1k | 2k | 4k | NRC* |
0.10 | 0.40 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.75 |
Size of Panel |
Coverage Area per Panel |
Purchase Price Per Acoustic Wall Panel |
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Acoustic Art Panel |
Acoustic Photo Panel |
Acoustic Fabric Panel |
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60x60cm |
0.36 |
£204 |
£164 |
£134 |
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90x60cm |
0.54 |
£217 |
£177 |
£139 |
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75x75cm |
0.56 |
£218 |
£178 |
£141 |
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100x66cm |
0.66 |
£223 |
£183 |
£143 |
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90x90cm |
0.81 |
£233 |
£193 |
£147 |
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120x80cm |
0.96 |
£238 |
£198 |
£148 |
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100x100cm |
1.00 |
£242 |
£202 |
£150 |
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120x90cm |
1.08 |
£246 |
£206 |
£155 |
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110x110cm |
1.21 |
n/a |
£218 |
£159 |
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120x120cm |
1.44 |
n/a |
£231 |
£170 |
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150x100cm |
1.50 |
n/a |
£240 |
£178 |
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150x120cm |
1.80 |
n/a |
£254 |
£184 |
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180x120cm |
2.16 |
n/a |
£270 |
£190 |
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-Prices Correct at December 2020 |
Or you can call us on 0207 359 3964 to ask any questions.
Option 2: Site visit, testing and quotation service (available in London & South East)
For businesses or homes based in London and the South East, we offer a consultation and testing service for our acoustic art panels
How it works is that a member of our team will visit your space and bring a number of sample acoustic panels to show you and test within your space. With these sample panels, we can quickly demonstrate the levels of sound improvement achievable. Note the test panels do not need to be hung onto your walls, just bringing the panels into the space is usually sufficient to determine an improvement in sound echo / reverberation. We can then measure up your space and follow up with a tailored quotation – without obligation.
Our call-out fee for this consultation & testing service is as follows:
•£145 exc VAT in Greater London (within the M25)
•£195 exc VAT in the Home Counties (Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, Sussex)
•If parking is not provided at the client's premises, then any parking fees will be charged at cost (no mark ups)
•Payment must be made in full by BACS transfer or card before the agreed date of the visit
•The above rates are based on normal working hours Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm.
If you are based in the UK, but outside of London/South East, we may still be able to visit you. Please contact us with your needs and we will provide you with an estimate. An alternative solution is that we could also send sample acoustic panels by a courier (for rental, with a returnable deposit per panel) – see Option 3 below.
Option 3: Rent sample acoustic panels (available UK mainland, panels sent by courier)
If you wish, you can rent some test acoustic panels to trial the sound improvement in your space yourself, before deciding to buy panels finished with your chosen design.
Note the test panels do not need to be hung onto your walls; just bringing the panels into the space is usually sufficient to determine an improvement in sound echo / reverberation. Although if you wish, they can be hung on the walls, as each test panel has 2 picture frame hooks attached to the back of the panel.
The price for renting sample acoustic art panels are as shown in the table below. If after renting the test panels, you decide to purchase some acoustic panels, then the rental fees paid will be deducted from your order (minimum purchase order of 3 panels required).
No of Panels | Rental Fees (for one week) |
Delivery Fee (UK Mainland) |
Collection Fee (UK Mainland) |
Total (exc VAT) |
Refundable Deposit |
3 | £45 | £60 | £60 | £165 | £150 |
4 | £60 | £70 | £70 | £200 | £200 |
5 | £75 | £80 | £80 | £235 | £250 |
Rental Notes
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