The present invention relates to a modular tile system comprising various tile elements, which can be assembled to form flexible partitions, wall coverings or spherical shapes, the extent, appearance and characteristics of which can be changed according to specific requirements by choosing appropriate tile elements and method of assembling said elements. The invention furthermore relates to meansand methods for assembly. The invention furthermore relates to the use of said tile system and method for attaining given, desired design effects, functional effects and for providing the possibilityto apply acoustic control of a room or local areas within a room, for instance around a work place. Specifically the present invention relates to a modular tile element (1 ) comprising a central mainbody (3) comprising side parts, the central main body (3) being provided with protrusions (4) extending in an outward direction from said body (3) along some or all of said side parts for releasable engagement with another modular tile element (1 ), where said protrusions (4) are separated from said central main body (3) by embossments (7) along said side parts of the central main body (3), whereby the protrusions (4) become substantially rectilinearly pivotable along said embossment.