Lucy Holmes
Founder and Creative Director
Holmes Studio
Lucy Holmes is the founder and creative director of Holmes Studio, a B Corp-certified design firm based in London. The studio is currently involved in reimagining the British Museum’s Western Range galleries. Working with Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture and others, Holmes Studio focuses on transforming the visitor experience through inclusive, narrative-driven spatial design.
Holmes is renowned for simplifying complex ideas into engaging public experiences. Her studio has created celebrated projects for institutions like the Natural History Museum of Denmark and The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Their award-winning Hockney’s Eye exhibition combined art, science, and perception, captivating a wide audience.
This highlights her talent for making museum interpretation clear, enjoyable, and profound.
Prior to establishing Holmes Studio in 2019, Lucy Holmes co-founded the renowned design firm Holmes Wood, which revolutionised branding and spatial storytelling within cultural institutions.
A former SEGD Board Member and RSA Fellow, Lucy has received multiple awards from organisations such as SEGD, D&AD, ISTD, and DBA. Her career started at Pentagram and was influenced by her education at the Rhode Island School of Design, combining disciplined design principles with creative expression.
The studio employs a structured yet creative approach—Define, Imagine, Design—that reflects her belief that exceptional museum experiences originate with insight, develop through vision, and are achieved via careful, deliberate execution.
"Lucy Holmes is shaping the future of museums by making them more engaging, accessible, and responsive to the world around them," says one nominator. "Through her leadership, Holmes Studio is not only elevating design excellence but also helping institutions connect more deeply with their communities."
