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Get accessible with hushFree.Access pods

  • Posted on: 31 August 2024
  • By: Hushoffice Team

No-threshold flooring. User-friendly right- or left- handed door handle. Fine-tunable lights and ventilation. A hushAssistant touch-screen set at the right height for wheelchair users (an optional add-on). The hushFree.Access.M and hushFree.Access.L office booths make your workplace more inclusive.

Get accessible with hushFree.Access pods

Creating an accessible office – tl;dr

  • Depending on their interior arrangements, the hushFree.Access.M booth comfortably hosts up to 4 people while the hushFree.Access.L booth hosts 4-6 people.

  • Both feature an ergonomic no-twist, no-pinching pull door handle plus adjustable door tension/resistance. Requires minimal grip strength and is operable by simple pulling motion. Caters to different levels of hand coordination and physical strength.

  • Door handle can be specified either right- or left- handed when ordered per preference of mobility-limited employees. This customization can also cater to spatial flow and aesthetic harmony.

  • Zero threshold flooring accommodates wheelchair users. Others physically limited will also benefit from the trip-free, no-step, level-entry flooring.

  • Can be powered by hushAssistant: hushFree’s touch-screen controlled system. For convenient adjustability over pod lights and ventilation. HushAssistant also gives access to a variety of features including preset light modes, a countdown timer, and coffee break reminders.

Investing in accessible office booths, like hushFree.Access.M for small meetings or hushFree.Access.L for larger gatherings, is a wonderful way to prepare for the chance of hiring a mobility limited person. Even if you don’t have this individual on your team today, an investment like this in your office’s ease of use will, in time, pay dividends, when you are able to take on and provide for the right talent, starting with their most basic needs. With zero threshold flooring and a simpler, right or left handed handle as well as more robust lighting, hushFree.Access.M and hushFree.Access.L are choice office booths that foster the most ergonomic maneuvering among those with physical limitations

– says Eliza Donek, Product Manager, Hushoffice.

An easy-to-grab door handle, easier for everyone.

Both booths feature a straightforward, intuitive pull handle in place of a latch handle. Easiest to operate, requiring no complex movements, offering more leverage compared to latch handles, and with adjustable tension/resistance, its pull handle is usable by people of all strengths and dexterities.

Office pod hushFree.Access.M for persons with mobility impairments

Moreover, make your door handle left or right handed during specification.

With a door that swings in the direction your staff prefers, your hushFree.Access.M or hushFree.Access.L pod will be user-friendly to the people on your team who need convenience most. Catering to employee preferences through such little details shows real consideration and commitment to equity.

Custom door handing means more finely tuned space utilization.

By choosing door direction, you ensure your hushFree pod won’t interfere with its surrounding furniture or foot traffic but insteading maximize usable space. Swinging into crowdedness, for instance, a door is an obstacle. Swinging openly into dead space, the accessibility is like an open invitation.

Perhaps you don’t have anyone on your team who is limited in their physical mobility, whether related to a wheelchair, needing barrier-free, flush flooring, or merely with arthritic wrists requiring door handles operable with no twisting motion. Regardless, investing in office work booths which cater to the widest spectrum of needs through these features — through level entry flooring and easy to grab door handles, as examples — is an investment. That is, into your capacity to support the widest spectrum of needs. This means being able cast a wider talent net. And when the day comes that a prospective hire or partner, for instance, visits your office for the first time, should they so happen to use a wheelchair, you will be able to quickly furnish your accessible booth for to ensure they have a pleasant time navigating your entire workplace

– says Eliza Donek, Product Manager, Hushoffice.

Zero threshold flooring. HushFree.Access.M and hushFree.Access.L are wheelchair accessible.

No threshold flooring is absolutely crucial when it comes to an office booth’s accessibility. By eliminating steps or lips at a booth’s entrance, smooth entry and exit is possible for wheelchair users. This element has a safety factor, too, with reduced trip hazards, which is appreciated by those with even minor mobility impairments such as people who use walkers or crutches. Ultimately, level-entry flooring in an office’s key workspaces — like hushFree pods — is one of several crucial accommodations, minor in essence but major in impact, promoting a delicate yet empowering sense of independence for anyone who is physically limited to some extent. So we are so pleased to present our two hushFree accessible booths, hushFree.Access.M and hushFree.Access.L, as part and parcel of ensuring equal participation in meetings and work activities for all

– says Dariusz Hofschneider, Senior Product Manager, Hushoffice.

Easily accessible office booth hushFree.Access.M
Having an accessible booth like hushFree.Access.M expands your hiring possibilities.

Like most accessibility affordances, no threshold flooring benefits everyone.

No-step flooring is appreciated by people who use canes, parents with strollers, the visually impaired, those temporarily injured (say, sprained ankle), and simply the occasional employee bringing bulky items to a meeting. In short, it works for everyone, giving the office universal ease.

HushFree.Access.M and hushFree.Access.L boast better lighting too.

HushFree.Access.M and hushFree.Access.L are finished with adjustable lighting, best catering to individual needs. Inside, age-related vision changes, sensitivity to light due to neurodiverse conditions, and migraine pains alike can be soothed through the user’s adjustment of ambient lighting.

  • LED lighting with a chromatic temperature of 4000K and an intensity of 500 lux at desk level, adjusted in the range of 2200-6500K; touch-dial screen positioned at natural height for wheelchair users (part of hushAssistant — an optional add-on)

Configure as you wish, down to your booth’s outlets.

Both booths come in white or grey shells with white or velvet black tables. Interior upholstery options include many muted tones soothing to the overloaded. You may also frost your booth’s rear glass for extra privacy and stimuli reduction — a great help to the neurodiverse.

HushFree.Access.L zero threshold office pod
Mounting points in hushFree.Access.L’s columns support displays and other accessories. The booth also offers up to 8 outlets that can be individually specified.

HushFree.Access.M and hushFree.Access.L can be powered by hushAssistant.

HushAssistant is a touch-screen operated system in every hushFree pod giving you the easiest control over your lights and ventilation, with access to several tools: a coffee break reminder, countdown timer, guest Wi-Fi login credential (which can be displayed or hidden), and a look at the pod’s availability for the day.

HushAssistant’s shining feature is its preset light modes. Automatic, based on circadian rhythm. Relax, or warm and dim. And focus mode, bright and blue. Though manual adjustment of lights and ventilations is also possible, these modes, all with 100% power ventilation, make it so pod users can, with one touch, queue the light level most suited to the moment, finding ergonomic task-fit instantly. This new feature dovetails beautifully with both booth’s mission of better accessibility, taking the guesswork out of ergonomics, and making it possible for everyone to find comfort in a hushFree booth

– says Dariusz Hofschneider, Senior Product Manager, Hushoffice.

Read more about hushAssistant here.

Creating an accessible office – summary

  • Depending on their interior arrangements, the hushFree.Access.M booth comfortably hosts up to 4 people while the hushFree.Access.L booth hosts 4-6 people.

  • Both feature an ergonomic no-twist, no-pinching pull door handle plus adjustable door tension/resistance. Requires minimal grip strength and is operable by simple pulling motion. Caters to different levels of hand coordination and physical strength.

  • Door handle can be specified either right- or left- handed when ordered per preference of mobility-limited employees. This customization can also cater to spatial flow and aesthetic harmony.

  • Zero threshold flooring accommodates wheelchair users. Others physically limited will also benefit from the trip-free, no-step, level-entry flooring.

  • Can be powered by hushAssistant: hushFree’s touch-screen controlled system. For convenient adjustability over pod lights and ventilation. HushAssistant also gives access to a variety of features including preset light modes, a countdown timer, and coffee break reminders.

Office accessibility – frequently asked questions

Can a wheelchair user easily maneuver into, out of, and around the hushFree.Access.L work booth?

Yes. HushFree.Access.L’s low threshold flooring and ergonomic, easy-to-grab pull-style door handle makes it accessible for people who use wheelchairs. A wheelchair user can also turn freely 360° in an unfurnished hushFree.Access.L.

What amenities does the hushFree.Access.L work booth offer people with disabilities?

HushFree.Access.L features a comfortable pull-style door handle that can be specified right- or left- handed. It also has low-threshold, no step flooring. And control by touch-screen over interior lights and ventilation. The touch-screen is set at a natural height for wheelchair users (part of hushAssistant — an optional add-on)

What customization options do I have with the hushFree “accessibility” booths?

With the hushFree accessibility booths — hushFree.Access.M (seating as many as 4) and hushFree.Access.L (seating 4-6) — you get to customize shell and tabletop colors. Interior upholstery fabric colors and power outlet configurations can also be customized. And the booth door’s handedness (right of left) is your choice. You also have the option of frosting either booth’s rear glass panel for added privacy.

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