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Workbench's exceptional designs for a global Legal Firm's meeting rooms. Across 5 floors at 8 Bishopsgate Workbench designed and made the bespoke meeting room furniture for both practice and client floors for a leading global Legal Firm. Case rooms in the practice floors were designed with efficiency in mind - flexible tables with integrated power and AV connections allowed for seamless reconfiguration to suit the needs of an expanding team. The client floors demanded sensitive design, with the combination of robust architectural metalwork and the seemingly never ending views across the City and beyond both very present in every room. Client meeting rooms were specified with the Flite credenza, and tables with Fenix tops on the clean silhouettes of our Drum, Loop and AirXL flip base, always ensuring the skyline to remains the centrepiece of hardworking and elegant spaces. You can see the Workbench Collections at our London Showroom 3 Sutton Lane, London, EC1M 5PU. Furniture solutions by Workbench Designed by us, tailored by you.

Senior Furniture Designer - Workbench - Clerkenwell, London Workbench, an established company specialising in bespoke furniture design and manufacture for the corporate sector, is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Furniture Designer to join our growing team in Clerkenwell, London. We champion UK-based manufacturing & sustainable practices throughout the design process and this role offers an exciting opportunity to be a key contributor to our design team and the successful delivery of our projects. About the Role: As a Senior Furniture Designer at Workbench, you'll thrive in our dynamic environment. Your primary focus will be producing detailed drawings, problem solving and managing the successful delivery of projects, ensuring seamless integration between the design department and other teams to achieve successful installations. On a weekly basis, you can expect to: Create detailed manufacturing drawings and accurate 3D models. Generate high-quality photorealistic renders for presentations. Proactively solve design challenges through prototyping and mock-up creation. Provide crucial support to the sales team in client meetings and presentations. Regularly visit our UK-based workshops to maintain strong relationships with our supply chain and play a vital role in quality control. Attend project installations to ensure design integrity. About You: The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of diverse materials and manufacturing processes, coupled with an appreciation for the logistical considerations of corporate furniture installations. Given our company structure, excellent collaboration with a flexible approach to supporting various areas of the business is key. All applicants must have BA or BSc Honours within Furniture/Product/Industrial Design and have relevant industry experience for a minimum of 3 years. Required Software Experience: Extensive proficiency in AutoCAD, Solidworks, and Keyshot is essential. Regular use of Adobe Creative Suite will also be required. Familiarity with Revit and previous experience with Wix website builder are advantageous but not essential. To apply, please send your portfolio, CV and covering letter to rob@workbenchltd.co.uk

Reed Smith is an international Law firm with 30 offices globally. The new London headquarters at Blossom Yard covers 126,000 sq.ft. across both new development and converted historic warehousing, a mixed-use development completed by British Land comprising restaurants, retail and offices, providing the geographical convenience of a City address with the dynamism of London’s creative and cultural centres. Working alongside The Furniture Practice, Workbench were asked to interpret TP Bennett design intent and devise a package of meeting tables covering the Client hospitality suite in the Blossom Studios as well as the practice floor meeting rooms and multi-purpose rooms. Discretely concealed at the heart of the development, Blossom Studio is purpose built medium rise, housing the Practice Floors for Reed Smith. With a balanced combination of open plan communal spaces, practice workspaces and meeting rooms, a rich palette of materials and finishes emerges throughout. The sensitively restored Blossom Studio houses the client hospitality areas for the practice. Complete with Victorian era industrial infrastructure, exposed brick walls and listed timber flooring, the meeting room furniture was detailed to sit comfortably in the historic industrial setting. Robust, chamfered edge profiles and Caesarstone concrete finishes create a seamless transition between the historic building and contemporary meeting room setting. An enhanced suite of power, data and audio connections were incorporated into the tables. At the heart of the communal spaces are the multi-purpose rooms, which required highly flexible furniture capable of multiple configurations and easy adaptation. The Blade flip table provided the perfect design solution, with the minimal silhouette and industrial detailing complimenting the interior perfectly. Specified in a variety of tabletop finishes, from Arpa Industriale to Egger, across different floors the table provides a robust and hardworking backbone to enhance the facilities offer. The meeting rooms on the practice floors were furnished with tables in warm timber tones and a contrast Fenix inlay. The elegant drum bases were engineered to provide maximum ergonomic comfort without compromising AV capabilities, ensuring all aspects of user requirement were honed and efficient. TP Bennett’s embrace of the building’s history and the tactile material palette developed by the Workbench team worked in harmony to create a series of hospitality focused spaces far removed from a traditional legal office. A refreshing re-focus, and a possible insight into future commercial interior spaces.  You can see the Workbench Collections at our London Showroom, First Floor, 3 Sutton Lane, London, EC1M 5PU.

Introducing the Flite credenza, designed by Workbench to complement the popular Flite table range. A table of such distinction deserves an equally elegant companion that matches its style and practicality. Thoughtfully crafted the Flite credenza enhances the aesthetics of the Flite table whilst optimising the essential functions required in modern meeting spaces. Featuring a combination of both cupboard and drawer storage this versatile design can be tailored to suit any corporate environment. Its elevated foot detail complements the design of the Flite table imparting a sense of lightness and refinement. Originally conceived for a global law firm, the Flite credenza effortlessly facilitates multifunctional client facing meeting rooms with style and efficiency. Available in a range finishes including Laminate, Fenix and Veneer, the credenza offers a perfect blend of durability and sophistication for corporate spaces. You can see the Workbench Collections at our London Showroom, First Floor,  3 Sutton Lane, London, EC1M 5PU.

We offer a complete bespoke service as well as an established Furniture Collection. This box contains an insight into the extensive materials library we have at Workbench. Each material choice allows products to be tailored to a client's exact requirements. Unleash your design prowess and immerse yourself in a world of textures, colours, and inspiration as you craft your own mood board in the trends tray. All Workbench products are designed and manufactured in the UK.

Caesarstone is an excellent alternative to natural stone for corporate tabletops due to its superior consistency and durability. Unlike natural stone, Caesarstone offers a uniform appearance, ensuring a consistent look across multiple tabletops. This is particularly important in corporate settings where a cohesive aesthetic is desired. Additionally, Caesarstone is engineered for durability, resisting scratches, stains, and being more stable than many natural stones. Its hard wearing surface also makes it easier to clean and maintain, ensuring a long-lasting, professional look with minimal upkeep in busy corporate environments. It was the material choice of Goodwin Proctor and TP Bennett for the client meeting and boardroom tables on this project. You can see the Workbench Collections at our London Showroom, 3 Sutton Lane, London, EC1M 5PU.

Designing furniture to accommodate power, data  and technology requirements is one of the biggest challenges to the sustainable credentials of a product. It is important that furniture is designed to be able to move with the fast pace of technology progress so it does not become redundant as clients upgrade systems. At Workbench we have always championed keeping power and data presentation as simple as possible, were feasible avoiding bespoke apertures and apparatus installed in to surfaces, as this makes change further down the line impossible. We try to use off the shelf products, that are readily available, and easy for clients to replace so they are confident of supply and of solving upgrade demands easily. With this in mind Workbench designed Air Atoll which redefines the concept of modern meeting spaces. Designed with a visionary approach to meeting spaces this tables integrates available battery technology with mobile furniture design creating a first in its field, a powered and truly mobile meeting table. Available battery technology is concealed within a simple cable tray, which can be interchanged as and when the technology changes, this puts sustainability and reuse front and centre of this design. The top surface is clear of apertures optimising reuse. The design negates the need for floor box infrastructure, this has additional environmental benefits for listed buildings, areas where the introduction of M&E services are disruptive, costly or simply not possible. Air Atoll allows any area of real-estate to be used to the max, it demands no infrastructure to function. Air Atoll is setting a new standard for contemporary meeting table solutions. The design not only enhances the flexibility of the table but also promotes uninterrupted productivity ensuring that teams can work efficiently regardless of the location and power provision . We hope that the Atoll system will help reshape the future of workspaces with its spirit of innovation and challenge to the user to rethink how we detail meeting spaces.

Having just caught our breath after Clerkenwell Design Week, it's now time to focus on the fun of the Summer, so bring on the EURO’s! As the excitement builds get yourselves prepared by downloading our Workbench EURO2024 wallchart with added bonus features: • Predict each game! • Predict the group winners and runners up! • Predict each round all the way to the final! • Predict the golden boot winner! • Predict the golden glove winner! • Predict player of the tournament! • Predict team of the tournament! • Game dates & times. You can also download the ready made EURO2024 sweepstake kit so even those who really don’t care about football can get involved and annoy the ‘proper’ fans by pulling the favourites out of the hat. Enjoy! The Workbench Team Click on each image below to download your Wall Chart and Sweepstake Kit...

The Air Atoll battery powered flip top table redefines the concept of modern meeting spaces. Designed with a new approach to meeting spaces this table integrates available battery technology with mobile furniture design creating a first in its field, a powered and truly mobile flip top meeting table. In this instance Air Atoll uses the Office Electrics Animate system concealed within the sleek frame feeding perfectly position USB C charge points to the perimeter of the table. Innovation, functionality and versatility converge seamlessly in the Air Atoll setting a new standard for contemporary meeting table solutions. Air Atoll releases any area of real-estate to maximise its use because it demands no infrastructure to function. No floor box or power infrastructure is required for power connection. A stylish mobile charging trolley is available for transporting and charging multiple batteries so that there are always replenished batteries available. Air Atoll has been detailed with circular design and the Workbench waste hierarchy policy front and centre. Environmentally technology is one of the most difficult requirements to sustainably integrate into a product as it changes rapidly. We are not able to stop these rapid advances so when designing Air Atoll Workbench embraced this. The table is designed using individual parts and standard fixings where possible. This allows components such as the batteries, power presentation, and top to be swapped out on a part by part basis without having to replace the whole table. The Air Atoll base is fabricated from mild steel, as with all steel, it has recycled content and can be recycled easily. The second major benefit is the reduction in the requirement for floor box infrastructure this has environmental benefits for listed building or areas where the introduction of M&E services are disruptive, costly or simply not possible. Workbench calculate the typical carbon foot print for Air Atoll as well as showing the possible avoided carbon if this table is reused or reconfigured, as it has been designed to be. Air Atoll is a new design that pays homage to the popular Workbench Air table. Its design promises to reshape the future of workspaces with its spirit of innovation and challenge to the user to rethink how we detail meeting spaces. The design not only enhances the flexibility of the table but also promotes uninterrupted productivity ensuring that teams can work efficiently regardless of the location and power provision. The table has been designed to lead the market with the incorporation of batteries into a mobile flip top table design. With the aim of setting a new standard for contemporary meeting table solutions the user can specify the Air Atoll finishes to their own size and detail in line with the Workbench policy : Designed by us, tailored by you. You can see Air Atoll at the Workbench Showroom, 3 Sutton Lane, London, EC1M 5PU.

Produced by Workbench and designed by MF Design Studio, Space Shifter provides the opportunity to zone spaces without the need for permanent partitions. Creating a product that has a positive impact on the users and the environment was one of the key objectives. Space Shifter introduces earthy, natural materials to enhance this bond and celebrate nature through a feel-good product that combines timber and foliage, bringing nature into the indoor environment. The beautifully selected colour options and crisp fluted detail of the planters make the Space Shifter unique and innovative. The Workbench Collections represent the best of British furniture design and craftsmanship. Developed to meet the most demanding needs of the corporate market whilst also fulfilling our aims as an environmentally responsible furniture provider. You can see Space Shifter at the Workbench Showroom 3 Sutton Lane, London, EC1M 5PU.