Based in Melbourne, Australia, Webster Design Office is dedicated to the creation and production of high-quality, meticulously crafted designs.

Previously a designer leader and consultant at Arup in London, he led the creation and incubation of new digital services, globally for the firm whilst delivering service design, product development, and strategic design advisory for a number of governmental and private institutions.  

His work has been exhibited at COP 26, Davos, the Glasgow Science Centre and his work on cities and urban innovation has been programmed widely, at London Design Bienalle, Chatham House, Powerhouse and further afield.  

A University of Oxford graduate, Peter holds a masters in the History of Design and has lectured and taught at leading institutions on various design subjects around products, the urban realm and theory, including Edinburgh Napier University, Goldsmiths University and The Royal College of Art.

Design Approach

Design is often seen as a reductionist act, seeking purity, function, lightness, and softness within a given context. It can be fun, serious, complex, or simple, joyous or sombre. Ultimately, design is about finding the tension between these themes.

Time is ultimately what drives design, whether it is the time taken to design an object, or the deeper sense of time instilled in the materials, patina, and craft of the design.

Good design is often described as being ‘timeless’ this implies they are almost without time. Instead, good design carries this weight, it owns time. Good design is therefore ‘time-full’.

Speaking

Chatham House, London Design Summit 2024

Teaching

Royal College of Art, Service Design MA
Goldsmiths, Design BDes

Awards

German Design Award, Eco Design, 2022
Creative Conscious, 2017

Works featured on

BBC
The Guardian
Dezeen
New Scientist
Design Week
Sight Unseen

To discuss your project please get in touch at pw@websterp.com