Mr. LUKE PEARSON

Luke Pearson is Co-Founder and Director of Pearson Lloyd, an award-winning design studio working with ambitious clients to use the scale of industry as a powerful tool for transformation. Its international projects across transport, workplace, healthcare and the public realm help define new typologies and behaviours that respond to a rapidly changing world.

Since establishing Pearson Lloyd in 1997 with Tom Lloyd, Luke has led a multidisciplinary team combining strategy and design to decode complexity and deliver products and experiences that balance the needs of user, client and planet. The studio’s partners include Steelcase, Walter Knoll, Lufthansa, ThyssenKrupp, Teknion, Allermuir, Bene, Lago, City of Westminster, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Voyages and JosephJoseph.

Luke has also played a prominent role in design education, serving as Visiting Professor at ECAL and Platform Leader on the MA Design Products course at the Royal College of Art.

He sits on international juries and panels, including HS2’s Independent Design Advisory Panel, and advises the Asia Design Platform. He and Tom Lloyd were awarded Royal Designers for Industry by the RSA, named among Fast Company’s “Top 50 Designers Shaping the Future”, while Pearson Lloyd was named ‘Designer of the Year’ by Dezeen in 2023 and received the Mix Interiors Henry Pugh Outstanding Contribution Award in 2026.

In 2022, Luke received an Honorary Doctorate of Design from Nottingham Trent University.
Education
· MA Furniture Design, Royal College of Art, London (1993)
· BA (Hons) Industrial Design, Central Saint Martins School of Art & Design, London (1991)
· Foundation Course, UCA Farnham (1990)

Contact
Website: www.pearsonlloyd.com
Pearson Lloyd Instagram: @pearsonlloyd
Luke Pearson Instagram: @luke.n.pearson
Pearson Lloyd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pearsonlloyd/
Luke Pearson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-pearson-rdi-a3014b16/