What is an industrial workstation?
An industrial workstation is a multi-seat shared desk built in the warehouse-furniture tradition: visible welds, square steel sections, solid timber tops without veneer, and joinery you can actually see. Two, three, four or six people sit on a single continuous chassis, with shared cable management beneath and optional steel-mesh privacy panels above. Heavy, rectilinear, functional — built to take twenty years of daily use, not a single fashion cycle.
Our workstations pair solid American white oak tops, 30 to 50 mm thick, with a hand-welded mild-steel chassis finished in our standard charcoal lacquer or any RAL colour. Each is built one at a time in Derby, with a Russell Oak & Steel brass identification plate riveted to the apron — every piece is signed and numbered, and the workshop is happy to put your studio's name and a build date on it as well.
This page is an index of every workstation layout we make. If you're outfitting a two-person home office, a four-seat studio, a six-seat agency team room, or a custom layout drawn around your existing floorplan, you'll find it in the sections below — each linking through to the full configurator with sizing, oak finish, steel finish, storage, dividers and cable management options.
How our workstations are built.
The chassis is shared. Where two single desks would have eight legs, a workstation has four — a single welded spine running beneath the full length of the desk, supporting two facing oak tops, with integrated cable trays and optional pedestal storage that bolts on or detaches without tools. This means fewer points of contact with the floor, no rocking on uneven boards, and a structural rigidity that single desks simply can't match.
Ask our team about the materials, finish and care requirements for your chosen piece. Please contact us for advice about maintenance or a repair.
- Layouts: 14 standard configurations from 2-seater to 6-seater. Back-to-back, side-by-side, L-shape, cross and bench arrangements.
- Steel: UK-rolled mild steel box section, MIG welded in-workshop. Single shared chassis for every seat.
- Oak: 30–50 mm solid American white oak, FSC sourced, hardwax-oil finished. Eleven colour finishes available.
- Storage: Single drawer, double drawer or filing cabinet under each seat. Cam-lock optional.
- Dividers: Steel-mesh or solid-oak privacy panels between facing seats. Removable.
- Wiring: Full cable management trays beneath every spine. Cable holes at any position.
- Lead time: Four to six weeks from order, made to your measurements.
