When two people in an office of about 100 employees got tired of listening to their boss’ constant phone calls in 2010, their suggestion of moving them to another spot for calls was met with a challenge – “Well, buy me a phone booth”. With none on the market at that time, the two put their brains together and formed Finland-based Framery. After years of development they launched Framery O, their inaugural privacy pod that’s still the world’s best selling pod today. Now, the workplace industry pioneers have launched a new, larger model of their Framery Q pod, Framery 2Q, that’s a full-size meeting room designed for 4-6 people with a few new enhancements that make it the ultimate multifunctional workspace for privacy and comfort. In today’s Deconstruction, Framery is taking us through the clever updates to make the booth even more comfortable.

The idea for Framery 2Q’s recent enhancements came about following a hiring meeting that Framery’s Head of Products, Lasse Karvinen, was holding in the standard Framery 2Q. Lasse felt the interior was too formal for a motivational conversation with a potential employee, leading to the team designing a more relaxed environment – one that could offer people a more comfortable space to be used in creative and nontraditional ways.

To create more of a relaxed space, a sofa was the first step to make it happen. The design team began the process by using sofas from the “Meeting Maggie” Framery Q model pod, quickly realizing that a new sofa was needed due to visual and ergonomic reasons. The challenge was to design a sofa that met those standards without making the pod interior feel or look cramped.