Thomas Heatherwick is one of the UK’s most prolific designers, whose varied work over three decades is characterised by its originality, inventiveness and humanity.

Defying conventional classifications, Thomas founded his studio in 1994 to bring together architecture, urban planning, product design and interiors into a single creative workspace. Working across multiple scales, locations and typologies, Heatherwick Studio has developed into a team of 200 makers and inventors with no signature style. Led by human experience rather than any fixed dogma, the studio creates emotionally compelling places and objects with the smallest possible climate shadow.

From their studios in London and Shanghai, the team is currently working on over 30 projects in ten countries, including: a performing arts centre in Haikou, Hainan; a new mixed use cultural district in Sanya, Hainan; and a new shopping district at the heart of the ancient city of Xi’an; and Changi Airport’s Terminal 5 with KPF.

Recently completed projects include: Azabudai Hills, a six-hectare mixed-use district in Tokyo; Bay View and Gradient Canopy, Google’s first purpose-built campuses in California; Little Island, a park and performance space on the Hudson River in New York; the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town; and Coal Drops Yard, a major retail destination in London.

Thomas’ book, Humanise, was published by Penguin in the UK in 2023 and a simplified Chinese edition will be published in June 2024.