PENSON

PENSON are global disrupters in Architecture and Interior experiences. The game-changing beautiful, intelligent designs we invent help the world’s most visionary brands and individuals realise their commercial, cultural and personal ambitions.

We deliver mind-blowing transformative spaces, no matter what the brief, on-brand, every time. Our leading global studios have brought the world’s biggest brands to our door, including AccorHotels – who put us on a list of the worlds’ top 20 global designers – and not to mention Lotte, Jaguar Land Rover, Sony PlayStation, Google and YouTube. We act as a trusted advisor to these innovative brands by shaping future culture and experience programs across portfolios and spaces.

Our magic in the world of workplace and hospitality design and culture has a certain zest, difference and character that is tailored to each client or problem. We create leading concepts in work and travel to produce life-enhancing experiences. Aided brand enhancement comes as standard through innovative visual communication. We simply encourage brands to emphasise what they stand for by letting the unique spaces we create to speak for themselves.

For PENSON, we simply believe life is too short to waste in dull or inefficient spaces – and that great spaces are the secret to people living their life to the full. At PENSON we solve problems, it just so happens that we draw and visualise too.

Biography

Lee Penson
Lee Penson is CEO of globally renowned Architecture and Interior Design studio PENSON.

PENSON was set up in London in 2004 to deliver a rewarding life to people in everyday spaces. It’s been no easy feat – Lee started out from a rented bedroom with dodgy carpet in Tooting Bec, then upgraded to offices in Waterloo with some seriously retro computers – before finally settling at a HQ in Shad Thames – and expanding globally to Beijing and New York.

As a recognised industry leader and fastidious perfectionist, Lee has fostered a unique 20-year career delivering creative and corporate programmes to a global client-base. He qualified as an Architect after seven years of combined part time study and working in practice, leading projects nationwide and cross-fertilising real-life with creative vision.

Lee is an expert in benchmarking industry game-changers, developing new operational brands and global design standard programmes for the likes of Accor Group, Google and Jaguar Land Rover. He’s set about transforming enviable projects for the likes of rap star Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Sports Direct and Sony PlayStation.

His quick sense of humour, gregarious, yet say-it-how-it-is fun and out-going gift of the gab often means that he’ll grab anyone’s attention when it comes to discussing design or business. With two first class degrees, a runner-up for the RIBA Bronze Medal, Mixology’s Newcomer of the Year in 06, FX’s International Breakthrough Talent in 07 and a long collection of other gongs since means that his work is highly respected and admired around the world.

Learning through personal experiences, life in Lee’s eyes is far too short and this drives his desire that spaces should make us love life and realise our personal ambitions. Great design should unlock the commercial value of all businesses, whilst making the everyday norm something special for everyone.

Personally, Lee lives life in the fast lane. He’s a renowned restorer, collector and driver of notable historic motor racing cars, a competitive racing yacht owner and when time permits, he loves to ‘jam’ his collection of vintage electric guitars with friends.

Lee is married to Lucy, has a daughter and son, and splits his time between London, Manchester and their farm in Hampshire.