BuyDesign will help you drive efficiency, boost productivity and save time and costs as your trusted external design and product development resource.
The team
BuyDesign was founded by design experts. Our team have worked across design, creative direction, purchasing, and investment, working with retailers brands and manufacturers on a global scale.
FOUNDER
Theo Williams
30+ years of Designing and Creative Direction for global retailers and brands, progressing from designing products from Alessi to Technogym and from Creative Director at Habitat, John Lewis and Kingfisher plc, demolishing the boundaries between design disciplines. theowilliams.com
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
David Barrett
Experienced Buyer in the Retail sector, previously head buyer at John Lewis & Partners for 10 Years, Furniture Buyer at M&S for 5 Years. Category Lead/Senior Buyer with a Design background & wealth of experience in the Furniture Retail sector.
CO-FOUNDER
Daniel Rous
Daniel’s an experienced product and furniture designer who’s worked with manufacturers and retailers across UK and Europe. Previously working in Treviso, Italy, his experience of working with skilled crafts in the region shaped his design approach. daniel-rous.com
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
Daniel Gava
Daniel Gava, with 25+ years in the design industry, advises Poltrona Frau UK, represents the London School of Architecture, and collaborates with renowned brands like Arper, Minotti, Moroso, and Magis. Linkedin
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DESIGNER
Michael Young
Michael Young is an award-winning British designer, founder, and creative director of Michael Young Studio. Michael Young Studio was founded in 1993 to provide exclusive, quality design services across an eclectic range of markets – from interiors to technology.
DESIGNER
Tom Lloyd
Tom is co-founder of the London design studio Pearson Lloyd. He trained in Furniture Design at Nottingham, before completing an MA in Industrial Design at the RCA in 1993. Tom founded Pearson Lloyd with Luke Pearson in 1997.
DESIGNER
Marialaura Irvine
Marialaura is an architect, designer, and the creative director and owner of Studio Irvine. Since 2011, she has led Studio Irvine, where industrial products serve as the pulsating heart of design with notable clients such as Arper, Baleri Italia, Discipline, Faraone Mennella, Muji, MPlus, Offecct, Phaidon and Thonet.
DESIGNER
Deyan Sudjic
Deyan Sudjic OBE is writer and broadcaster, specialising in the fields of design and architecture. Formerly the director of the Design Museum, ex Editor-in-Chief of Domus Magazine and founder editor of Blueprint.
DESIGNER
Aldo Cibic
Aldo Cibic is an influential Italian designer known for co-founding Memphis. His projects have been exhibited at Venice Architecture Biennale, and his work focuses on community and place design.
DESIGNER
Nigel Coates
Nigel Coates, an influential architect and designer, challenges conventional notions of architecture and design by seamlessly integrating art and intelligence. His innovative ideas have translated into noteworthy buildings, interiors, and exhibitions worldwide, notably in Japan and the UK.
DESIGNER
Luca Nichetto
Luca Nichetto was born in Venice in 1976, where his artistic talents were inspired by the famous Murano glassmaking industry. Luca Nichetto founded his eponymous multidisciplinary design practice in Venice, Italy in 2006, specialising in industrial design, product design and design consultancy.
DESIGNER
Sebastian Bergne
Sebastian’s versatility allows him and his team to work in different ways. As an external Industrial design facility to international brands, as a designer and supplier of bespoke objects for restaurants, retailers and individuals, as art director to new or established brands or even as producer of his growing collection of studio editions.
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We help businesses of all sizes. BuyDesign provides you with the tools and support to optimise your collaborations, ensuring that your innovative ideas are effectively brought to the marketplace.
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