Our story
It started in a weaving shed. It belongs to all of us now.
Two designers took a desk in an old weaving shed and named the studio after the thread that crosses the loom. Today the people who work here own most of it. (All of it fictional: this is a design concept.)
Timeline
Four moments that made the studio
2011
Two product designers rent a desk in an old weaving shed on Loomhouse Yard and name the studio after the thread that runs across the loom.
2016
The studio makes its own small puzzle game, Hollow Lantern, to learn what keeps people coming back.
2020
The founders hand the majority of the studio to the people who work in it, through an employee ownership trust.
Today
One studio across London, Bristol, Glasgow and Cardiff, still weaving play into serious products.
71%
Together we own 71% of Tumbleweft.
Through an employee ownership trust. Everyone who works here is a partner. (A fictional figure for a fictional studio.)
Employee-owned
Majority owned by the people who make the work
An employee ownership trust holds the majority of the studio on behalf of everyone who works here. It is a way of saying one thing clearly: the studio exists for the people in it and the people it builds for.
- CEO
- Maren Oakes
- Chair
- Tobias Fenwick
- Head of Design
- Priya Halloran
- Head of Engineering
- Ada Kirkwood
Values
Five things we hold each other to
Pull the thread
Follow the question until it stops being polite.
Make it together
The best idea in the room rarely starts with one person.
Ship the small thing
A tested sketch beats a perfect plan.
Leave it better
Every product we touch should be kinder to the next team.
Keep it light
Serious work, made by people who still laugh at their desks.
Studios
Four cities, one studio
Hello
London
3 Loomhouse Yard, Shuttle LaneLondonAlright
Bristol
12 Bobbin RowBristolHiya
Glasgow
40 Heddle StreetGlasgowShwmae
Cardiff
7 Warpfield ArcadeCardiff
Addresses are invented for this concept. There is no studio to visit.