About
Jacob Marks (b. Manchester, 1999) is an emerging designer and maker who graduated from Kingston University’s Product & Furniture Design degree in 2022 and whose studio is now based in South London.
His work focuses on the expressive reimagining of natural materials, often using those that are overlooked or disregarded to produce defined and distinctive contemporary works.
Fundamental to his practice is research into the landscapes materials are harvested from and how design can be used as a tool to address a range of complex social and ecological issues. Projects so far have seen him exploring how a revival of the pine resin industry could provide a renewable and carbon negative material that rivals plastic and how thoughtful timber selection can support mixed British woodlands.
He has been included in a range of exhibitions in Europe and the UK, in 2024 he was nominated for the Design Museum's Ralph Saltzman Prize, and his work continues to be featured in publications such as Home & Gardens, The Times Newspaper and Wallpaper Magazine.
If you are interested in working together, would like to commission a project or for press enquiries, please get in touch below.
Studio visits are welcome by appointment.
Unit 13, Platts Eyot, Hampton, TW12 2HF.
Press
2025, The Times Newspaper, The Ray of Resin Light.
2025, Dezeen, Twelve emerging designers who stole the show at London Design Festival.
2025, Home & Gardens, A World of Colour: Jacob Marks.
2024, Dezeen, Wax Atelier Showcases Objects Made From Tree-Based Waxes, Resins and Dyes.
2024, Interiors Etc, On The Rise: Forward Thinking Designer Jacob Marks.
2024, IFDM, A Window on the Best in Rising Design.
2023, Wallpaper Magazine, Emerging stars and established makers unite in show for London Design Festival.
2023, Crafts Magazine: Issue 296, New Talent - Jacob Marks.
2022, Crafts Magazine, New Wave: 12 Craft Graduates That Need to be on your Radar.
2022, Design Network, Coolest Insights Seen at London Design Festival
2022, Design Daily, TRI-FOLD Wallet.
2022, Evolution Power Tools TV, Episode 4.
2020, Design Milk, 'Drywall? Dry Furniture' Takes On the Issue of Affordable Furniture.
Selected Exhibitions
2025, Explorations in Pine Resin, Material Matters, UK.
2025, A Seat At The Table, Design Everything, UK.
2025, Remembering, Forgetting, EMMA, DE.
2024, The Abney Effect, Wax Atelier, UK.
2024, Design Everything x Kindred, UK.
2023, 11:11, Staffordshire Street Gallery, UK.
2023: Rethinking Wood, The Garrison Chapel, Chelsea Barracks, UK.
2022, The Beasley Brothers Repair Shop, SCP, UK.
2022, Material, Process, Spitalfields Market, UK.
2022, Eternally Yours, Somerset House, UK.
Recognition
2025, The Kings Foundation: Young Entrpeneur Award, Nominated
2025, EMMA Pforzheim: Residency
2025, Arts Foundation Future Award: Design Category, Shortlisted
2024/5, Grown in Britain: Scholarship
2024, The Design Museum: Ralph Saltzman Prize, Nominated
2023, The Kings Foundation, Create: Rethinking Wood Course
2022, The Young Furniture Makers: Textile Award, Shortlisted
2022, Green Grads: Earth Award, Runner Up
Crafts Magazine
New Talent - Jacob Marks, Issue 296
The Times Newspaper
The Ray of Resin Light
Home & Gardens
A Window of the Best in Rising Design
Wallpaper Magazine
11:11 Exhibition, 2023
Talks
2025, Forward Thinking: Reimagining Materials, Bath Spa University.
2025, Bio is Best with Katie Triggeden, Material Matters.
2024, Explorations In Pine Resin, Grand Designs Live.