Design

Mills

Matt ‘Mills’ Miller founded digital product design studio ustwo with John Sinclair in 2004. In the 14 years since, ustwo expanded to include an independent games studio and ustwo adventure: a startup fund and incubator that supports early stage startups and digital companies. The company’s driving ethos is to create meaningful products and services. Alongside designing products for the likes of […]

Jo Jackson

Jo Jackson heads up the MADE.com design studio in London, overseeing everything from brand strategy and advertising through to retail, social and advocacy campaigns. Before joining MADE.com, she was Global Head of Content & Creative Services at Diesel, where she managed internal creative teams, led creative agency relationships and ensured the brand delivered a consistent marketing message on […]

Marcus Engman

Marcus Engman was born and raised in Älmhult, Sweden, where he started working part-time at the IKEA store on the weekends. During the mid-80s he was a home furnishing apprentice to IKEA interior designer Mary Ekmark. Engman then worked his way up, taking on roles such as Communications & Interior Design Manager in Swedish stores, […]

Lauren Currie

Lauren is a designer and entrepreneur from Scotland. She lives in London and spends her time as Head of Design at Good Lab and founder of #UPFRONT. She teaches at educational institutions from INSEEC to the University of Dundee. Lauren co-founded Snook, a design consultancy based in London and Glasgow. She designed and led Hyper […]

Naresh Ramchandani

When Naresh Ramchandani joined Pentagram as a Partner in its London office in 2010 it seemed like an intriguing addition to the design studio. Ramchandani is a writer but, more than that, he is a writer from an advertising background. But such an unconventional move is consistent with Ramchandani’s career. His first job was as […]

Olafur Eliasson

Danish/Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson works in a wide range of media, including installation, painting, sculpture, photography, and film. Since 1997, his solo shows have appeared in major museums around the world. As part of his practice, he engages with arts education, policy-making, and issues of sustainability and climate change. Eliasson’s architectural projects include the Serpentine […]

Abbie Walsh

The emergence of the major management consultancies as rivals to advertising agencies and design consultancies has been one of the major shifts in the industry in recent years. In 2013, Accenture Interactive acquired the digital consultancy Fjord, adding its service and product design capabilities to its offering. Abbie Walsh was part of the Fjord team […]

Ben Young, Joe Hartley & Jess Higham

Ben Young, Joe Hartley and Jess Higham first worked together under the guise of Oh Ok Ltd, which was launched in 2016 around a shared belief that “places work better when everybody is involved with building them”. The trio then went on to found Standard Practice studio in 2018. The company’s working practice is highly […]

Morag Myerscough

Morag Myerscough transforms urban areas and indoor spaces with colourful graphics and installations. She has created a Temple of Love for the Southbank’s Festival of Love, a giant camera obscura in Mexico City and a travelling bandstand inspired by her longstanding interest in the subject of belonging. Myerscough is fascinated with how colour, pattern and […]

Sara Hildén-Bengtsson

Sara Hildén-Bengtsson is Co-founder of & Other Stories. From 2010 to 2016, she was creative director at the H&M-owned fashion and beauty brand, overseeing its launch and expansion into 13 countries. Hildén-Bengtsson joined H&M Group’s special projects team in 2007 after working at Neville Brody Associates and on creative projects for Kenzo and Liberty. She […]

Jim Sutherland

In 2014, Jim Sutherland left hat-trick, the design studio he had set up with Gareth Howat and David Kimpton some 13 years previously. The plan was to take a sabbatical and then set up on his own. Four years on and Studio Sutherl& has become one of the most-awarded studios in the UK. The ‘studio’ […]

Mette & Rolf Hay

HAY was founded in 2002 with the ambition to create contemporary furniture with an eye for modern living and sophisticated industrial manufacturing. Rolf and Mette Hay, the husband-and-wife duo behind the company, both grew up in the Danish countryside. Rolf began his career working for various design companies in Denmark, while Mette’s parents ran a […]