Weekend Design Agenda: The Hive at Kew
A magnificent organic shape adorns the skyline thirty minutes south of central London. With a lattice backdrop against the sky and a honeycomb structure, if you haven’t caught sight of The Hive at Kew Gardens, Richmond, near London, then you’re missing out on a multi-sensory experience in one of the most unrivalled garden settings. The immersive...
PENSON announce Lotte World Tower complete!
PENSON announce the completion of their highly anticipated project for Lotte World Tower, Seoul, Korea. The fifth tallest building in the world enrolled global designers PENSON to bring 23 floors of the iconic structure to life after they delivered the perfect design proposal in less than 4 weeks. PENSON’s disruptive designs form the pivotal commercial success...
Clerkenwell Design Week | Top ten picks
Navigating one of the most richly curated design shows on offer can prove to be tricky so we thought we’d compile a list of the ten not-to-be-missed events at Clerkenwell Design Week (23rd – 25th May). The showrooms are obviously such a vital part of Clerkenwell, not least because they are the lifeblood of the district,...
Salone Del Mobile | Our favourite picks
This years’ Salone Del Mobile came and went in a flash and treated us to some gorgeous furniture in the process. Salone is the creme de la creme of the yearly furniture shows, and it’s cemented itself as the most eagerly awaited furniture show in the calendar. Predicting trends and upcoming trusty pieces to incorporate...
Project completed | Hitachi HQ
Global design leaders PENSON prove once again that their global design ethos is a winning formula. Won via an international design competition, PENSON were selected to deliver Hitachi’s new Global Centre for Social Innovation in London. In the words of Hitachi, ‘Inspire the Next’, is the message in PENSON’s creation of a HQ brimming with the mod cons...
Lotte World Tower opens!
LOTTE World Tower is now open! After 7 years of planning & construction, £2.8 Billion spent, the World’s fifth tallest building in central Seoul is now complete. And what a sight it is to behold. With interiors by PENSON, Lotte Tower’s 123 floors are at the cutting edge of European design. PENSON brought the right...
Lee invited to speak at MIPIM 2017
Jealousy is rife in the PENSON office as CEO Lee is leaving the dreary UK & jetting off to Cannes for the annual MIPIM Property Market event, 14th – 17th March. Lee has been selected to contribute to the leading premier real estate event in Palais des Festivals, Cannes, on the 16th March to talk...
Summer Reading List For Design Geeks | Part 1
Somewhere, despite the weather here, it’s spring. If you’re like us, that means you’re already looking for something new to read over summer. Whether you are looking for a perfect coffee table book for those rainy summer nights or a book you could take to the beach – here’s a selection of books that have caught...
Project Completed! SEI Finsbury Square
Open minds and open workspaces: trusted financial services company SEI (NASDAQL SEIC) is letting us into their highly anticipated new UK HQ in London, solely designed by global workspace design disrupters PENSON. Located in a major new creative workspace The Alphabeta Building in Finsbury Square and nestled among 10 other offices, this new HQ definitely...
Stockholm Furniture Fair ’16 Round Up
Hello troopers, have you made your way back from Sweden yet? Stockholm Furniture Fair returned all guns blazing this year and PENSON team was fortunate to be a part of it. While it’s impossible to round up an event of such scale, we will foolishly attempt to do so. We couldn’t help but notice several reoccurring themes and developments...
Weekend Agenda| Alicia
Wading our way through the world of design isn’t easy. PENSON’s work is a bi-product of never-ending research and heated discussions over a cupa. All those hours spent doing research, tweaking architectural drawings, perfecting mood boards, completing renders, selecting samples and writing reports often stay behind closed doors, so do the individuals who make it all happen. While it’s true...
1 Queen Caroline Street
We have been quietly delivering high profile projects across the globe: from handing over a culture changing global design standard for the likes of Jaguar Land Rover to delivering cutting edge interior for world’s 5th tallest building to-be in central Seoul. PENSON have returned all guns blazing proving why we are at the forefront of workplace...