The business of design
BuyDesign is for business professionals, brands, retailers, manufacturers, and designers connecting the design industry commercially and creatively.
For Businesses
Save time and costs, drive efficiency and productivity.
BuyDesign will support you as your external design and development resource.
For Designers
Direct briefs, respond to open calls, and pitch original ideas.
BuyDesign provides access to vetted international businesses in a safe environment.
Creativity, Connected
Empowering brands, retailers, manufacturers, and designers with tools to connect, create and collaborate. Brief the BuyDesign community today.
You're in good company
We work with a diverse range of brands, retailers and manufacturers,
offering varying levels of support tailored to their business needs.
Made with BuyDesign
Start briefing the design community today to tap into a world of creative solutions and original design concepts.
Strategic consultation
We can help with expert guidance and strategic consultations to make informed decisions and achieve your goals, from brief creation to selecting partners and products.
Manufacturers and Designers
Rely on our deep knowledge of the BuyDesign community, designers and manufacturers, to match you with the best partner.
Your needs, our expertise
With decades of experience in product design, manufacturing, and retail, our core team provides a comprehensive BuyDesign package, freeing you to focus on higher-level decisions.
Strategic partnerships
Our team utilises industry connections to facilitate key design, manufacturing or retail partnerships that align with your strategic goals, empowering your business to thrive in the ever-evolving market.
Get started now
Contact us and we can arrange a call. We can help save time, drive efficiency, and productivity and support you as your external design and development resource.
FOUNDER
Theo Williams
30+ years of Design and Creative Direction for global retailers and brands.
theowilliams.com
Success Story
BuyDesign is closing the loop between Designer, Manufacturer and Retailer
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Where it started: connect, create & collaborate
Anthropologie discovered and collaborated with a designer to create a new range of dining chairs in partnership with BuyDesign.
Introduced to the market: US & EU. 2023
Anthropologie partnered with a vetted manufacturer on BuyDesign and worked closely with us to create a dining chair range.
NEWS
Introducing our latest company, Piquadro SPA
We’re excited to welcome Piquadro SPA to BuyDesign, a fantastic new addition to our community of innovative companies and a step outside of the traditional furniture and homewares realm.
Open Calls
Welcome Home 2024/25
Propose to W.K. Wu Products
Storage Solutions
Propose to raawii
Abecedario Collection
Propose to Forma&Cemento
Accent Chair
Propose to NEXT
Connecting Retailers to Manufacturers
With decades of experience in product development, manufacturing, and retail, our core team can support you to match you with the best manufacturing partner for your project.
Join BuyDesign and start collaborating and streamlining the creative process
We support Designs in Mind
Designs in Mind is a working studio, tucked away in Shropshire, where adults living with mental health challenges work collaboratively on ambitious, experimental art and design projects.
Our founder Theo Williams has been collaborating with Designs in Mind for some years and now BuyDesign has partnered with Designs in Mind to bring projects with purpose to the centre of the design industry.
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