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At Touch Design Group we provide interior designers, architects and private clients with a complete design and manufacturing facility under one roof. Working collaboratively, we deliver a diverse range of outstanding work with seamless precision, from concept through to installation.

Introduction

Touch Design Group was established in 1999 by Ed Tremlett and David Crosby.

Having met at furniture college and working together in London, in 1999 they set up Devon based furniture company Touchwood. In 2014 the company rebranded as Touch Design Group to reflect a more collaborative and design-led approach. Today, the dynamic and constantly expanding team is currently made up of thirty five designers, technicians and craftsmen.

Who we are

In January 2015 Touch Design Group moved to its new state-of-the-art headquarters in Marsh Green Road, Exeter. With far greater capacity, the company is now well positioned to take on both large commercial and smaller bespoke contracts with ease. Significant investment in new machinery, combined with the creation of a new showroom, materials library and design studio have all contributed to what has now become one of the region’s most comprehensive design and manufacturing facilities.

Touch HQ

Showroom

Our new showroom at Marsh Green Road, Exeter, is due for completion in Summer 2016. As well as showcasing our latest kitchen and house interiors, the space will provide designers, architects and specifiers, as well as private clients, with an invaluable design resource.

Touch Design Group design and manufacture luxury interiors, from one-off pieces of furniture to entire refits. Our extensive portfolio includes dressing rooms, media units, bookcases, desks, dining tables and bedroom furniture. We also provide a full design and manufacturing service for architectural joinery, including doors, staircases, panelling and flooring.

Touch Kitchen designs and makes tailor-made kitchens.

Our mission is to provide every client with an outstanding service from concept through to installation, with a meticulous attention to detail.

What we do

Every commission offers a unique challenge and an opportunity to bring about outstanding design. Our creative approach enables us to take on increasingly innovative and progressive projects, exploring new methods of making and exciting new materials. Our talented team of in-house designers and studio technicians are on hand to develop new ideas and concepts or work with existing plans, transforming ideas into working drawings. Communication and visualisation of ideas are critical to the process and to facilitate this we work with all the latest software packages including Auto CAD, Vector Works, Solid Works, Sketch Up and the Adobe suites.

Design

Craftsmanship is our heritage, and as we embrace technology and all the possibilities it brings, we recognise the unique outcomes that derive from combining both traditional and modern methods of making. Our highly skilled team are trained in hand cabinetry, machine work, carving, vacuum forming, veneering and wood turning amongst other processes. We regularly work with designers and architects to prototype construction details and systems. Every project is approached with the same level of care and attention to detail that has earned us a reputation for outstanding work time and time again.

Craftsmanship

Significant investment in technology - in particular CNC machinery and its associated software - has enabled us to take on increasingly ambitious projects in terms of scale, design and complexity. With the endless possibilities that progressions in technology afford us, our workshops are able to produce extraordinary results with an unrivalled level of precision.

Technology

MaterialsMaterials are an integral part of life at Touch Design Group. A constant commitment to sourcing the very best the world has to offer is fundamental to our approach. Our comprehensive knowledge - the result of many years of working with a huge range of products - enables us to pass on this information to our clients.

Our materials library is a great place to explore the variety of products and finishes available, many of which are exclusive to Touch Design Group.

Our handpicked group of international partners give us access to the latest and best materials on offer from around the world.

Our whole house service provides clients with the opportunity to have their entire scheme developed and manufactured under one roof. This delivers exceptional levels of continuity and communication as well as the opportunity to explore an extraordinary range of materials and finishes. A typical brief may include bespoke joinery, an exquisitely designed and made kitchen, luxury storage solutions and one-off furniture pieces. Our design-led approach considers the smallest details as important as the big ones, so throughout the process we work closely with the client to realise their brief to its maximum potential.

Interiors

Our bespoke furniture service offers our clients the opportunity to commission something completely unique. Within the team we have specialists in both contemporary and traditional furniture design as well as a vast array of material choices, finishes and manufacturing techniques to help explore possibilities and refine ideas. Our products are not limited by our own manufacturing capabilities: we regularly work with a variety of partners including upholsterers, glass specialists, steel fabricators and stone masons.

Furniture

Our joinery service offers individually designed and crafted pieces made to the highest specification. From the reproduction of historical mouldings for conservation projects through to contemporary, weightless, bi-fold door systems. The scale of our set up allows us the flexibility to take on a wide range of projects with ease. We have an exceptional portfolio of individually designed staircases in a myriad of materials and configurations. We work with architects and designers from an early stage to incorporate vital structural engineering considerations in both new build and historic properties.

Joinery

Kitchens

Unlike many of our competitors, Touch Kitchen is not constrained by modular systems so our clients can literally have whatever they want. Our kitchen design studio is headed up by designer Richard Swift. With over twenty five years of international experience in the industry, Richard has developed a deep understanding of what goes into creating the ultimate kitchen interior. His regular trips to Europe in search of the latest finishes are constantly influencing his designs, translating into a stunning portfolio of kitchens, all utterly unique, exquisitely made and tailored to the client’s needs.

The process starts with listening to our clients, understanding their needs and then producing design focused solutions,tailored to the end user. Budgets and time-frames will be discussed and the designs further refined through a series of consultations. Once the final drawings have been approved, a project manager will be assigned and our team of technicians will set to work to ensure that the drawings are workshop ready. Then our craftsmen begin the meticulous construction process. Once completed, our specialist team of fitters will ensure that the final piece is installed with the utmost care.

Working with us

‘It is a real pleasure to work with such a committed team who really understand the materials with which they work, and are prepared to push initial concept sketches to the limits, in order to design and create pieces of unique quality, which exceed expectations.’

Jenny Clayton, Architectural Designer, Harrison Sutton Partnership.

‘In combining both manufacturing and design under one creative roof, Touch have developed an environment that is inspirational to both professionals and our clients, who love to see the link between the design and production processes.’

Matthew Robinson, Director, Jam Interiors.

What our clients say

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