Luke Pearson (Past Speaker)

Luke Pearson is the Co-Founder and Director of PearsonLloyd, a product, furniture and innovation design studio led by founders Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd, and based in Shoreditch, East London. For the last twenty years, the agency has designed products, systems and environments for the home, workplace, transport and healthcare sectors. Its close relationship with clients including consumer brands, manufacturers and retailers has given the agency unparalleled experience in understanding the needs of users and the demands of business.
 
The studio works across the aviation, workplace, urban design and healthcare sectors with a goal to identify and respond to the shifting patterns of behaviour in contemporary life. Recent projects include the design of the Economy Class Cabin of Lufthansa’s new A350 fleet, the design of a new global guest room for Intercontinental Hotels, ‘A Better A&E’ project for the Department of Health, Totem Intelligent Waste for Joseph Joseph & furniture projects for brands including Teknion, Bene, Modus, Walter Knoll, Alias, Senator and more.
 
Luke was awarded the distinction of Royal Designer for Industry by The Royal Society of Arts in 2008, and in 2012 was named, alongside Tom Lloyd in the top 50 designers ‘Shaping the Future’ by Fast-Co Magazine in New York. He is member of the advisory panel for High Speed 2 (HS2) rail network and a regular speaker at talks and conferences about design. Luke trained in Industrial Design at Central St Martins, (BA Hons 1991) before completing a Master’s Degree MA in Furniture Design at the Royal College of Art in 1993.