FBUK Magazine Edition 4 September 2025

Future Designs Founded in 1991, Future Designs is an international lighting manufacturer

David Clements, Founder of Future Designs has recently taken over the role of Chairman to focus on strategic growth in key global markets across Europe and the Middle East, whilst pushing forward with the expansion of the carbon carefulâ„¢ initiative into other market sectors. Oliver Clements has taken on the role of Managing Director with responsibility for the overall business operations. Future Designs understands that its responsibility to the planet starts long before the lights are switched on. Its carbon carefulâ„¢ initiative pioneers the reuse (rather than recycling) and upgrade of existing luminaires and carcasses, designed to transform redundant light fittings with latest LED technology into highly efficient and carbon-saving solutions.

delivering world-class luminaires across the UK, Europe and the Middle East for clients such as WPP, PwC, Barclays, JP Morgan, Imperial College London, Brookfield Properties, Kirkland & Ellis and Canary Wharf Group. Future Designs now sits amongst the top UK privately owned lighting manufacturers within the fit-out marketplace. The success of Future Designs is in no small part due to its dynamic ability to innovate and adapt to the latest technology, ensuring its products and solutions are the most advanced and efficient available in the market.

RW Armstrong A third-generation family-owned business founded in 1957 by Roy W Armstrong. This award-winning company specialises in the refurbishment and new build of high-end residential properties across London and the South of England. In recent years, it has invested in a new state-of-the-art workshop to enhance its long-standing reputation for bespoke joinery and cabinetry.

Quality and craftsmanship are central to its success; the company has been training apprentices for over 50 years, many of whom have gone on to senior management. Having worked for the likes of the National Trust and the Royal Household via its conservation division, RW Armstrong has recently experienced rapid growth into the super-prime market. The fourth generation is now engaged within the business.

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