Clerkenwell-based design company Lumsden Design has won the Queen’s Award for International Trade for Outstanding Short Term Growth.

The company’s achievement in securing international sales has seen their profits triple in just three years. World class experience in cultural and entertainment destinations combined with their reputation for excellence and innovation has contributed to company's success in winnning the accolade.

Courtesy of Lumsden, British Museum London

In its early days, the business established itself as a leader for retail design environments including those at museums, galleries and visitor attractions in the UK. In more recent years, the company has grown internationally.

Its most coveted designs include those based at the British Museum National Theatre, Abbey Road Studios, Tate Modern, the Harry Potter shops at Warner Bros, King’s Cross Station’s Platform 9 ¾ and more recently it’s reveal of the theatre production Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Courtesy of Lumsden, The National Theatre London

Overseas projects have seen a 177 per cent sales growth over a three-year period. Projects contributing to this include New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Harry Potter attractions in Florida and California, National Gallery of Canada, Vienna’s Belvedere and Moscow’s Museum of Cosmonautics.

Projects like these have attributed to Lumsden’s success in transforming its international sales to nearly 90 per cent of its turnover.  

Courtesy of Lumsden, The Wand Shop at Warner Bros, Tour of The Making of Harry Potter

Co-founder and director Callum Lumsden says they are thrilled to win the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: ‘It’s brilliant that together we have built another tremendous success story for British design being valued all over the world.

‘When you ally hugely creative talent with clients who want their shops to be unlike any others, they are truly immersive experiences which form an enjoyable and memorable part of the visitor experience.

Courtesy of Lumsden, Callum Lumsden

‘Our designs are judged not just for their visual impact but for their success in generating vital revenue which is reinvested in acquisitions, new exhibitions, employment, culture and the community they are located in.’

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