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Obrane · Issue 02

Acoustic design · Ukraine. Made from recycled bottles

Re:Quiet

The sound of nothing: how Re:Quiet makes silence beautiful

A Ukrainian brand that turns recycled plastic bottles into soft felt, then into wall art, lamps, screens and sofas that quietly take the noise out of a room.

Re:Quiet acoustic panels and furniture in soft pastel colours arranged on a staircase
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Your brain never stops listening. For thousands of years it learned to catch the faintest rustle as a possible threat, and it is still doing it in every open office, café and echoing apartment. Re:Quiet starts from that simple fact. The brand makes sound-absorbing materials, systems and furniture, and its mission is plain: give people back the joy of the working day, with less stress and more focus.

Circle wall composition in pink and grey felt beside a model in black
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Why a room hums

Sound is a wave, and waves bounce. Off concrete, glass, steel and brick they return almost without loss, again and again, until a faint buzz fills the space. That buzz is reverberation, and Re:Quiet notes it can raise stress and anxiety by up to 30 percent. Soft panels on walls and ceilings, or standing between desks, absorb the waves instead of throwing them back.

Ellipse acoustic wall composition above a pink home workspace
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Pink and navy free-standing acoustic screens
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Calmness, focus, and diving into the process. This is the way.

Silence you want to look at

What makes Re:Quiet different is that none of it looks technical. Circles and ellipses hang on the wall like abstract paintings in blush, terracotta and navy. Lamps stack like soft lanterns. The Labrador sofa snaps together in whatever shape the room needs. The brand works with designers from Ukraine and abroad, including Japanese product designer Ryosuke Fukusada, Kristina Gaidamaka and Kateryna Morgental, so each collection feels closer to a design object than to building material.

Stacked Re:Quiet acoustic floor lamps in navy, orange and peach
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Woman holding a dark grey Re:Quiet ceiling panel
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Labrador modular sofa and pink acoustic partitions in a bright loft
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Made from what we throw away

The felt itself is PET made from recycled plastic bottles. It is hypoallergenic, non-toxic and easy to clean, which is why it suits offices, hotels and homes alike. Re:Quiet designs full acoustic projects for offices and private interiors, sends free material samples to designers, and ships across Ukraine and around the world.

Two people relaxing on Re:Quiet soft furniture
Image courtesy of Re:Quiet · requiet.ua

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