Sylva Foundation trustee
Sebastian Cox is a furniture designer, maker and environmentalist based in south London. Sebastian founded his carbon-counting, forward-thinking, zero-waste workshop and design studio in 2010 on the principle that the past can be used to design and make the future. He produces heirloom furniture, lighting and home accessories and collaborates with other material experts who share his vision for a regenerative material future. His work has received a Design Guild Mark alongside other accolades from design publications including Elle Decoration, Homes & Gardens, EKKB, The London Evening Standard and Forbes. In 2022 he was recognised with design’s most prestigious title and made a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI). Projects of note include the woven and mycelium-grown pavilion for the gold-winning Avenade Intelligent show garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2025; Aesop’s Marylebone store in London, England; Lea Bridge Library for the London Borough of Walthamstow.