The Design and Product Development area of the business consists of: e
Design
Based at two locations, Nantgarw and Huddersfield, our creative design team covers workplace furniture and Interior architecture and focusses on generating innovative insightful designs from research & concept through to feasibility approval. We do not handover but continue our journey through the design process as custodians and major sign off stakeholders through each phase to production and beyond.
Whilst the team is focussed on their specialist area, it is critical they spend considerable time collaborating with the wider team to develop a breadth of product offer that works seamlessly together, generating powerful collective stories & marketing narratives to deliver to clients. We focus on “Furniture for life” with a strong emphasis on innovation, wellbeing and sustainability first life; and reuse / re-purpose / life extension second life. We have a unique approach to R&D that makes us a market leader in workplace furniture solutions.
New Product Development
Our NPD engineering teams span both workplace furniture and interior architecture products and focus on developing and problem-solving design challenges from concept to full scale production implementation. NPD: design, develop & validate through collaborating with a wide scope of stakeholders within the business. The teams cover a wide range of specialisms from product knowledge, materials and processes.
The NPD team are the owners of product knowledge and provide a technical support role to the rest of the business.