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Office Pods: When a Phone Booth Beats Building a Room
A freestanding acoustic pod gives you a quiet room for calls, focus work or a small meeting, without construction. Here is how to pick the right size.
Open offices are good for working together and bad for phone calls. When every call happens at a desk, everyone hears it, and the one quiet conference room is always booked.
An office pod is a freestanding acoustic room you put on the floor you already have. It installs in hours and moves when your floor plan does, with no construction and no conversation with the landlord. Here is when one makes sense, and how to choose the size.
When a pod makes more sense than a room
- Calls and video meetings in an open plan, where the alternative is a meeting room booked for a ten-minute call.
- Focus work for people who need an hour without interruptions.
- Small meetings when the conference room is taken, or too big for two people.
- Leased space you can’t build in, or will leave in a few years. A pod moves with you.
- A growing team that needs quiet space faster than a build-out can deliver it.
Pick the size by the job
Pods are sized by what happens inside them. These are the seven Hushoffice pods we carry, from a one-person phone booth to a meeting room for six.
Hush Phone
Phone callsAn armrest, a motion-sensor light and glass panels, sized for a call rather than a work session.
1 person
Hush Work
Deep workA quiet desk with power sockets for a full session of focused work.
1 person
Hush Work Sit and Stand
Focus, sitting or standingThe desk adjusts from 26 to 49 in, in about two seconds, so the same pod works sitting or standing.
2 people
Hush Twin
Two private desksTwo conjoined pods, each with its own sofa, desk, lighting and ventilation. Two quiet spaces in one footprint.
2 people
Hushfree XM
Face-to-face meetingsA compact pod for two-person meetings and calls, with 500 lux lighting at the tabletop.
Small team
Hush Meet.S
Team meetingsA soundproofed meeting pod for small teams, so a lively meeting doesn’t disturb the desks around it.
4 to 6 people
Hushfree L
A room instead of a roomAn alternative to a conference room for 4 to 6 people. Choose the table, two or four sofas and coffee tables.
A pod or a built room?
Both give you a quiet space. They differ in how you get one and what happens when your needs change.
| Question | Office pod | Built room |
|---|---|---|
| Getting one | Installs in hours on the floor you have. | Design, permits and construction. |
| Your landlord | No construction to approve. | Usually needs approval for a build-out. |
| When you move | It comes with you. | It stays behind. |
| Changing the layout | Move it to a new spot. | Walls stay where they were built. |
| Size | One person up to six. | Any size the space allows. |
For a large boardroom, build the room. For calls, focus work and small meetings, a pod is usually the faster and more flexible answer.
Before you order
- What will it be used for? Calls, focus work or meetings: that sets the size.
- How many people at once? One, two, a small team, or four to six.
- Where will it stand? Measure the floor space, including room for the door to open.
- Can it get there? Check doorways, elevators and the delivery route.
- Is there power nearby? Ask us what each pod needs for its lighting and ventilation.
See one before you choose
Pods are priced by size and configuration, so send us what you need and we’ll quote it. Or come and step inside one at our showroom in City of Industry.