Boost Sound Control and Style with Acoustic Ceiling Clouds
Large, open rooms tend to fight you acoustically — sound bounces off hard ceilings and just keeps going. Suspended acoustic clouds solve this by hanging horizontal panels overhead that catch and absorb that noise before it turns into echo. At Somnandi Industries, we build acoustic clouds that do double duty: they quiet a room down, and they also look good doing it. Instead of treating acoustic control as something you hide, we treat it as a design feature.
Acoustic cloud panels work by absorbing sound waves rather than letting them reflect. You'll sometimes see them called acoustical ceiling clouds, and functionally that's exactly what they are — panels suspended above the occupied space, positioned to intercept sound before it reverberates. Hang them right, and suspended acoustic ceiling clouds do more than cut noise; they change how a ceiling looks entirely. Offices, studios, restaurants, open-plan floors — anywhere sound control and appearance both matter, these panels earn their place.
Why Somnandi Ceiling Clouds
Reverberation control that actually works both ways. Because our acoustic ceiling clouds absorb from the top surface and the bottom, they cut down echo more effectively than a single-sided panel would — which matters a lot once ceiling height starts climbing.
Clearer speech in noisy rooms. Open offices, lecture halls, busy restaurants — these are places where conversations get lost in ambient noise. Our panels bring intelligibility back.
Design that doesn't apologize for itself. Cloud shapes, hexagons, circles, custom cuts — pick a form and a finish, and these acoustic clouds become an actual architectural statement instead of something bolted on as an afterthought.
Easy to install, easy to live with. PET, mineral wool, acoustic foam — the materials are light, which means suspending them doesn't mean tearing into the structure above. That's part of why they work so well for retrofits.
Absorption from both sides. This is really the core advantage over wall panels: acoustical ceiling clouds pull sound in from above and below at once, so you're getting more noise reduction per panel.
What's in the Product
- NRC ratings between 0.70 and 1.00, so absorption performance stays consistent
- Shapes run from rectangles and ellipses to hexagons and true cloud forms, sized up to 1200 x 2400 mm
- Finish options include flame-retardant fabric, PET, and perforated metal
- Recycled PET and low-VOC finishes for projects that need to stay eco-conscious
- Modular arrangements, so you can layer panels for a more dynamic ceiling look rather than a flat, uniform grid
Where They're Used
Corporate offices and co-working spaces lean on these for focus — less background noise means fewer distractions. Schools and libraries use them to keep learning spaces intelligible. Restaurants and cafés install them so dining rooms don't turn into an echo chamber during a dinner rush. Auditoriums and gyms need them just to keep sound manageable across that much open volume. And in public spaces — airport lobbies, galleries, transit hubs — they quiet things down without making the space feel closed in.
Frequently Asked Questions
They're suspended panels — hung horizontally below the ceiling — that absorb sound to cut down echo and reverberation, while also serving as a visual feature in the room.
The main difference is dual-sided absorption. Wall panels only catch sound from one face; ceiling clouds absorb from both the top and bottom, which makes them more effective in large or high-ceilinged rooms.
Offices, schools, restaurants, auditoriums, gyms, and busy public spaces like airports and galleries — basically anywhere reverberation is a problem and floor or wall space is limited.
Lightweight materials — PET, mineral wool, acoustic foam — finished in flame-retardant fabric, PET, or perforated metal, depending on the look and performance you need.
Yes — rectangles, ellipses, hexagons, and cloud forms are all available up to 1200 x 2400 mm, and panels can be arranged modularly for a layered ceiling design.