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Cosmo
Our balanced workhorse — our best-value panel: superior acoustics, beautiful design details, and a deep range of fabrics and finishes.
Overview
Cosmo is the panel we reach for when a project needs quality, acoustics, fast lead time and lasting good looks in balance. It’s a true frame-and-tile system with a practical, durable streak — here’s how it works, and why it’s the sweet spot for so many projects.
Cosmo is a true frame-and-tile Panel System — the paradigm that still fits the large majority of workstation floors. On a rigid steel frame (3.25" thick), it places privacy, acoustics, power and data exactly where each person needs them, and the whole run stacks to ten feet, reconfigures and re-tiles over time. What sets Cosmo apart is how it installs and lasts: tiles clip on — springs and hooks drop into the frame, so no rails are field-measured and screwed — and its acoustic tiles are built on rigid mineral board over steel, a firm, flat surface that stays sharp and won’t crease. Power sits low in the base frame, off the floor and out of the way.
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Cosmo sits in the sweet spot for many of our clients — not the lowest-priced panel, but the best value, with great fit and finish. It balances everything a floor actually needs — price, quality, fit and finish, acoustics, lead time, and the ability to swap a damaged tile years later — without asking you to compromise on any one of them. The clip-in tiles keep installs clean, the mineral-board acoustic tiles keep a floor genuinely quiet and keep looking new, and Tayco’s finishes tie the whole space together.
So here’s when we’d specify Cosmo — and when we’d point you elsewhere.
Specify it when
- You want quality, acoustics, fast install and lasting looks in balance — the sweet spot for most floors.
- Acoustic performance matters — dense mineral-board tiles over steel absorb sound better than most.
- You want tiles installed at the factory — Cosmo ships with tiles mounted, so install is quick and clean.
- You want to swap a damaged tile or reshape the run years later without starting over.
- You value a manufacturer that shares our standards and backs us up when a project needs it.
Consider something else when
- Lowest price and fastest ship lead over everything — a quick-ship monolithic panel lands sooner.
- The plan will reconfigure constantly — an agile beam reconfigures faster.
- You want maximum open density and daylight — benching opens the plan up.
- You want a warmer, residential feel — a desking system gets there more easily.
- You need the broadest architectural range — a flagship panel system goes further.
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Highlights
- Ships with tiles installed — quick, clean install.
- Superior acoustics — dense mineral-board tiles over steel.
- Swap a tile or reshape the run — years later, without starting over.
Configurations & construction
- Ships with tiles installed — Cosmo arrives with its tiles already mounted on the frames; only one side lifts off to bolt frames together, so a run goes up remarkably fast — no per-tile rails to measure and screw on site.
- Superior acoustics — dense mineral-board tiles over steel absorb sound better than most, on a rigid face that stays dead flat and crisp.
- Choice of trim profiles — from rounded to flat, to match the look you’re after.
- Deep tile menu, segmented or monolithic — acoustic, laminate, glass, whiteboard, perforated metal and more, in the look you choose.
- Stacks to ten feet, with doors — stack-on frames build height, and stacked segments can carry doors with transoms.
- Power off the floor, factory-installed — the powerway ships pre-installed and rides low in the base frame, below a sit-stand desk’s travel — no field wiring, quick to energize.
- Replaceable & reconfigurable — swap a damaged tile or reshape the run years later without starting over.
- Beautiful detailing, deep finish range — refined design details and a wide choice of fabrics, laminates and paints that coordinate across the whole Tayco floor.
Dimensions & heights
Power & data
Certifications & sustainability
Finishes
Tayco finishes, current program — shown by line. Hover any swatch to enlarge it, or tap to view it full size.
Laminates & PVC Edges (22)
Panel fabric — Grade 1 (vertical) 5 collections · 26 colours
Ballo
Crevasse
Commerce
Zapote
Reticolo
Panel fabric — Grade 2 (vertical) 7 collections · 44 colours
Chase
Purpose
Whisper
Binary
Broadcast
Cascade
Metallation
Panel fabric — Grade 3 (vertical) 1 collections · 5 colours
Tempest
Metal finishes (8)
Downloads
Free for professionals — brochures, certifications, and warranty. 2D typicals and CAD symbols are available from Tayco’s resource center.
Brochure & specs
Product brochure (PDF)CAD & symbols
2D typicals / CAD — requestWarranty
Warranty & terms (PDF)Pairs well with
A few of the lines we’d specify alongside Cosmo — a starting point, not the full list. Nearly every category coordinates; we’ll bring the rest to the table.
We’re here to help
We read every inquiry and follow up personally to help move your project forward.
Not sure exactly what you need? Tell us the space and the teams who’ll use it, and we’ll bring the options to you. Specifying is what we do.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 847-679-5148.
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