Zonify began with a napkin. The acoustic family that Zilenzio has developed with Studio Stockholm grew out of two needs: better digital meetings, and an easier way to treat large wall surfaces. The solution arrived during a dinner conversation, when Studio Stockholm founder Marco Checchi folded a napkin over and found the pleated look that now defines the range.
The result is two products sharing one design language. Zonify Table is an acoustic desk screen with integrated light, and Zonify Wall is a flexible wall system built from pleated textile stretched between rails. Both combine a sound-absorbing stone-wool core with fabric offered across nine collections.
Zonify – Highlights:
A desk screen for better digital meetings
The Table answers a familiar problem: focus rooms and small offices where the sound bounces and the light is unflattering. The screen combines stone wool and pleated textile with dimmable, indirect lighting controlled by a wireless remote, so the person at the desk is both heard and seen clearly on camera.
“We’ve all been in digital meetings from focus rooms with poor acoustics and lighting. Our Table reduces the echo you often get in a small room while providing excellent light for your face. It makes a huge difference to the quality of a video meeting,” says Daniel Helldén, Head of Product and Innovation at Zilenzio.
“Lighting makes such a difference to how professional you look in a digital meeting. You simply look better on camera,” adds Checchi. The screen attaches directly to the desktop and plugs into a standard wall outlet, with no separate electrical work or complicated assembly. It is offered in four widths, from 1,000 to 1,600 millimetres.
Acoustic treatment on a roll
Zonify Wall applies the same thinking to larger surfaces. The pleated textile arrives on a roll and is stretched between a rail at the floor and another at the top; the pleats take shape as the fabric is pulled into place. Where more absorption is needed, stone wool is attached behind the fabric onto the same rails with Velcro, so the absorption can be tuned panel by panel.
“Installing the Wall is very straightforward. You attach one rail at the bottom of the wall and another at the top, then stretch the rolled fabric between them. The pleats take shape as you do,” Checchi explains.
The panel is 800 millimetres wide and comes in four lengths, from 1,000 to 2,500 millimetres, and is offered in several heights. Zilenzio positions it for offices, conference venues, schools, restaurants, hotels and airports — anywhere large wall surfaces need a softer, quieter character.
A shared material language
Both products are built around stone wool made from natural stone, and are offered in nine fabric collections totalling 200 colours. The Table’s frame comes in oak, ash, white or black, while the Wall adds solid wood to the stone wool and fabric. Zilenzio rates the Table at NRC 0.70 and the Wall at NRC 0.75, and both carry a 20-year warranty. The Swedish brand behind the launch has spent more than two decades developing acoustic solutions for working and learning environments. The project extends a pattern of collaborations between Zilenzio and Scandinavian studios such as Note, White Arkitekter and Norm Architects.
For Checchi, the surface is meant to do more than absorb sound. “It also brings something valuable to a room: a softer, more tactile feel, with the warmth of textile,” he says. That warmth, together with the simple installation, is what Zilenzio and Studio Stockholm want Zonify to bring to the rooms where people meet, work and spend time together.
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