Tandem Diabetes creates new possibilities for people living with diabetes through innovative insulin delivery devices. Their data-driven approach aims to help people become healthier and promotes a balanced lifestyle. 

In late 2019, Tandem approached the designer to consolidate their 6 scattered offices, but this goal transformed as COVID struck and they struggled to determine if bringing staff together was still viable. A prototype office was conceived to test out different design ideas. 

Their data-driven approach extended to their office. In early 2022, the prototype space was made available, and data gathered on how the workforce used the new office. Using a booking platform, data was collected to see how the employees utilized each space. Through this process, patterns were discovered that drove the design of their headquarters. 

They found the office became a place to escape the home office and to come together for collaborative team meetings. In the new headquarters, these areas were expanded to provide for that need such as a large number of smaller, private conference rooms, reconfigurable collaborative areas, and standing height tables for spontaneous meetings.  

With no private offices, enhanced acoustical solutions have been put in place and the lighting has been adjusted to fit the new paradigm. Subtle wayfinding baked into the flooring helps define spaces and modifications were made to the design of workstations to fit how they work.  

Designing using the data from the prototype was a complete success and the new office completed in 2023 is as functional as it is beautiful.