Whatever one may think of the open-plan office, it is a fact of social life. As long as this remains the case, there will be an urgent need for partitions and acoustic systems. The furniture company USM Haller has responded to this situation by developing its USM Privacy Panels – a flexible modular system for economically creating spatial areas which offer visual and acoustic privacy. Based on the modular matrix of the classic USM Haller furniture, the individual panels consist of highly compressed polyester fleece which is seamlessly attached to a framework of steel tubes. With these panels as building blocks, it is an easy matter to realise stable spatial arrangements in accordance with whatever is needed. The panels are available in different colours and in two design variants – either as a freestanding space divider or as a table superstructure for use in combination with the office furniture.