One of our latest projects:

A fitted bookcase for a cosy home in London. If you're interested in getting your own fitted furniture project done, no matter how big or small, don't hesitate get in touch with Tandem.

Looking sharp - our new bar stools.  

This is another shot of our latest design. 

Our products will soon be available on our new products website. You will be able to order any of our products from the new website. We will also be launching a new website featuring our bespoke and fitted furniture - watch this space.

All our products are created in our Devon workshop using only certified European timber and natural oil finishes.

From prototype to finshed article. 

An order for some bespoke bar-stools for a venue in Plymouth's Royal William Yard, www.levignoble.co.uk.

 

We always bring the same high standards of design, quality and craftsmanship to all our furniture, whether it is from our product range, or a totally unique design. This image shows a detail from our two-seater sofa. 

Here are some photos from a project we finished a while ago in London. Here we built and installed the interiors creating a modern family home. Sandblasted and stained oak panels and oak staircase. Interior design by www.thevawdreyhouse.com, photos by www.siobhandoran.com.

We have just finished installing some bespoke storage units and desk in a house in plymouth, all designed and built by Tandem Studio in our workshop in Plymouth, Devon. Also pictured is one of our ply-sprung chairs.

We have a new YOUTUBE channel, we aim to post some videos of the things that we do and make. Here we are assembling and installing an order of tables for a local school in Plymouth. The tops are made of Plywood and the bases are steel. They should be very hard wearing and last a long time.

Click on the video to subscribe to our channel.

Jonathan checking the lampshades for another order of our tri-angle lights. 

As well as designing and building complete interiors and making furniture, we also make home accessories such as our tri-angle lamps. The lampshade is available in range of colours , and all are made to order in our own workshop in Plymouth.

Available on our website:
www.tandemstudio.co.uk/trianglelight.html  

We have also started a PINTEREST board, so if you use PINTEREST, why not follow us here: https://uk.pinterest.com/TANDEMSTUDIO_uk/

Bedroom Interior, Plymouth

Residential Interior Design

After receiving an unimaginative and unsuitable design from a national bedroom design company the client approached us after seeing our listing in the Guardian Design Guide and subsequent visit to our website.

What they wanted to achieve

A bedroom design that suited the needs of their twelve year old daughter now and into the future and that would be suitable for socialising as well as studying and sleeping.

What we did

We created a room with different zones, arranging the space in a similar way to a small studio apartment. Materials, finishes and details were selected to create a durable high quality environment that will be enjoyed for many years.
Coat and shoe storage is provided next to the entrance door. A large fitted wardrobe in oak along the entrance wall includes a recess for a TV adjacent to the living/relaxing area. The study with desk, drawers and shelves is located next to the window making the most of the natural light. A suspended fabric screen and storage partition defines the sleeping area.

Our Involvement

In addition to designing the overall interior Tandem built and installed all furniture elements including the solid oak bed, wall hanging mirror, study chair and storage furniture.

job vacancy at tandem

We are looking for a skilled furniture and cabinet maker to join our team!

We are currently advertising to find a motivated and keen furniture maker who is interested in design and likes our work.

If you are interested or if you know somebody who might be, please continue reading and get in touch !

We are currently looking for a highly skilled furniture and cabinet maker with interest in the design and making of high-end contemporary furniture for residential and commercial projects.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design, detailing and production of drawings for manufacturing, including CNC machining using 2D and 3D CAD
• Making of furniture items following CAD drawings
• on-site fitting of furniture

Essential criteria:

• Min 2 years experience in making high-end fitted and free-standing furniture
• high attention to detail
• experience in designing and detailing contemporary furniture using CAD software (Vectorworks preferred)
• on-site fitting experience
• High level of spoken and written English, good communication and team working skills
• interest in contemporary/ Scandinavian design
• interest in sustainability, specifically sustainable design and manufacture
• high motivation, good organisational skills, ability to use own initiative and work independently and efficiently
• clean driving license
• experience in rendering software desirable

We are looking for a candidate who is interested in growing into the role of a project leader overseeing jobs from initial design to completion, including:-

• Design and presentation of bespoke contemporary, high end furniture items
• estimating costs and timescale
• overseeing the making process
• coordination of suppliers/sub-contractors
• managing and mentoring junior designers/makers
• representing the company at client meetings and trade shows

Salary subject to experience, starting from £18,000.

Please take a look at our work at www.tandemstudio.co.uk. If this is of interest to you please send a CV and images of work demonstrating the required skills and experience.         

wall hung storage furniture

Tandem launches a new custom made furniture series at Design Juncition 2014:

As part of a commission for several holiday lets at Gara Rock at the South Devon Coast near Salcombe we designed a number of open fronted, wall hung storage units including wardrobes, shelving and desks. We now have developed these into our latest range of furniture series, adding a shoe rack and offering many variations of different materials and colour options.

Here are some snaps of what we showed at the exhibition, just to offer a taste of different applications and combinations. Proper images, descriptions and prices to follow shortly.

Take a look at our website for photographs showing some of the furniture at Gara Rock.

tandem at design junction 2014

Come and see us during The London Design Festival 17th-21st September at Design Junction, The Old Sorting Office in London. We’re stand F63 on the first floor. For opening times and how to get there follow this link to the Design Junction website.

cdw 2014 opens today - launch of new tandem products

Welcome to the launch of our new products at the Clerkenwell Design Week, opening today!

We are very excited to introduce our new armchair and matching 2 person sofa, both made with oak faced plywood frames and organic, handmade cushions from nearby Devon company Naturalmat.co.uk, who's ethos on production values and exceptional quality products we share - Naturalmat use only natural materials like organic lambswool from local sheep and make all of their products by hand in a factory surrounded by green fields and mooing cows in the Devon countryside! 

We have also developed a beautiful simple three-legged stacking stool with powder coated tubular steel legs and either wood veneer or linoleum faced shaped plywood seat; the perfect partner to our popular round, steel tubular legged table, which we are exhibiting with a rich, dark walnut top on the show. 

clerkenwell design week 20-22 May

This year we are exhibiting for the first time at the upcoming Clerkenwell Design Week. The exhibition  is open on 20-22 of May, 10am-9pm, and includes various venues around Clerkenwell EC1.

Come and visit us at stand MW10 at the Design Factory:  we will be launching a few new products and introduce some of our most recent projects.  For free entry please click here or on the logo to register.

All information about the exhibition and venues can be found on the CDW website, www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com

different stand location at design junction !

Our stand number has been changed by the organisers - we are now on stand F44 B !

We apologise for the inconvenience - our original stand has been messed up with boxing so that it was not usable. We have been given a different location now: stand F44 B, right next to Fritz Hansen.

product launch - sprung ply lounge chair

Just in time for Design Junction, which will open tomorrow, we are launching our Sprung Ply Lounge Chair - a variation to the popular Low Chair. Visit us on stand F44B to see it - and to try it out !

tandem @ design junction

Between 18-22 September we will be exhibiting at the Design Junction exhibition in London.

We are launching a new version of our tripod light and a new oak coat hook. 

We will also display a variation of our low sideboard as well as our screen shelving system and folding Proppy chair.

It's going to be a great show – have a look at the Design Junction web site - thedesignjunction.co.uk. Come and see us at stand F9a for a chat and to talk through any project you may have.

it's been a year ...

... since our last post !  So here is a catch up on some of what we have been up to.

At the end of last year we designed and fitted a new home office for a pharmacist in part of his architect designed extension. We are now working on new designs for some dining room storage.

At the beginning of the year we worked with Kendall Kingscott in Bristol to fit out a new restaurant at Gara Rock (www.gararock.com) in South Devon. A stunning location with panoramic sea views. We built the bar and all the fitted furniture and supplied the restaurant with our edge ply tables.  

Following on from this we worked closely with the client to furnish three of the holiday apartments at Gara Rock Hotel with Tandem's furniture, much of which was designed for the project. - We are not brilliant at documenting our work so need to go back and take some more pictures!

Next was the design and fit out of an office floor in Penzance called the Workbox (theworkbox.com) – no proper pictures yet, just a few snaps as we were leaving after a long few days.

 (work-in-progress in the Tandem Workshop)

On the domestic side we have been busy with fitted wardrobes and sideboards.

Here is a collection of images from the workshop and in situ.

 (sideboard and proppy chairs)

 (bedroom storage and dressing table)

 (edge ply table and sideboard that doubles up as a bench)

 (work-in-progress screen shelving)

 (this is the bathroom of a current project we have started in Torquay, working with an architect on some of the fitted furniture)

 (tall sideboard for dining room storage)

 (role play kitchen for our daughter)