About
Tandem is an award-winning Los Angeles industrial design firm trusted by global brands and high-growth innovators to bring category-defining products to market. It has a proven track record of developing products which defines the category and scale to millions and earn global recognition.
Our goal is to maximize the market impact for your products. We start our design process by understanding the needs of the customers and the market. We can take an innovative idea from ID concept to final product.
Our industry know-how can give you the competitive edge of bringing your products to the market faster than your competition.
full stack design Service
Industrial Design
Consumer Research
Concept Visualization
Design Strategy
Mechanical Engineering
User Interface & Web
Packaging Design
Electrical Engineering
Prototyping
Product Marketing/Branding
The Design Partner Behind Global Brands & Disruptive Startups
We’re honored to have worked and continue to work with both start-ups and fortune 500 companies to manifest their product ideas to real product solutions.
Our Story
Every decision we make is shaped by a clear sense of purpose. Our journey has been anything but ordinary. Through every step, we've focused on staying true to our values and design thoughtful, timeless products.
At Tandem, we take a holistic approach in product development: design products inside out and outside in—simultaneously, like visualizing the egg and the chicken together. This approach ensures every product is meaningful, human-centric, and delightful to use.
Founded in 2009 in Irvine, California, Tandem was created to redefine product design by uniting innovation, form, function, and manufacturability. Its founder, Michael Hong, was already shaping the consumer electronics world—designing the Gateway FX Gaming PC, the Gateway ZX All-in-One, the top-selling AIO computer of 2010 with 1 million units sold first year. Just a month after leaving Gateway, Michael launched Tandem and delivered the company’s first project: the VIZIO SoundBar, a product line that would define the consumer soundbar category.
Designs That Drive Sales and Win Awards
In 2022, Tandem won 2 Red Dot Design Awards, the Most Prestigious Global Design Awards. In the same year, Tandem was engaged by SENSEI, a Santa Monica company at the forefront of the tech wellness movement, founded by Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle.
Tandem’s designs helped start-ups with 7 consecutive successful Kickstarter & Indiegogo crowdfunding campaigns, with ROI of 1500%, turning early ideas into market-ready products. Tandem helped clients won 11 CES Innovation Awards, highlighting our commitment to impactful and award-winning design.
Tandem collaborated closely with the VIZIO product team and its manufacturer Foxconn to design and engineer the 70″ and 80″ M‑Series jumbo screen LCD TVs. These were part of VIZIO’s flagship large-screen lineup and were among the largest consumer LCD TVs at the time.
Since 2009, Tandem has worked with companies across a broad spectrum of industries, partnering with leading brands in computing, medical tech, manufacturing, automotive and clean energy, aerospace, security technology, healthcare and wellness, retail services, information technology, and consumer electronics.
Global Brand Experience: trusted by major corporations like HP, VIZIO, Pioneer, and Safran.
End-to-End Infrastructure: Tandem provides a "full-stack" development framework. This includes deep user research, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing preparation, which are critical for corporate projects that must scale.
Technical Precision: Tandem’s team includes senior mechanical and electrical engineering partners, ensuring that "corporate" requirements—like durability, regulatory compliance, and cost-efficiency—are integrated from day one.
Here are some fortune 500 level companies Tandem has worked with:
Computers
HP
Gateway
Acer
Information Technology
InFocus
ClearOne
FellowRobots
Consumer Technology
Pioneer
VIZIO
Samsung
Industrial /Manufacturing
Covestro
Foxconn
Aerospace
Meggitt
ITT
Automotive/Clean Energy
Honda
Security Technology
Morpho Safran
Medical & Wellness
Kaiser Permanente
Sensei
Retail & Consumer Services
Sonic
Coinstar
Startups/Crowdfunding
Ridge
Somabar
COMHEAR
Ajnalens
Rufus Labs
Our Mission
We aim to make technology disappear, letting people engage effortlessly with our products. At Tandem, we craft designs that enhance everyday life, delivering experiences that are intuitive, beautiful, and lasting.
Bring joy to users by turning innovative ideas into reality.
Maximize market impact through the Holistic design: visualization, design & engineering.