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Matt Wright 1960 – 2025

Remembering Wright Design founder Matt Wright

It’s a sad week for the Forward NPD team, as we say farewell to Wright Design founder Matt Wright, who passed away on 5 May 2025 after a 5-month battle with cancer. 

A hugely talented designer, Matt played a fundamental part in creating the business itself and building it up into a highly regarded studio, winning awards for its outstanding product design. 

We formed a close bond with Matt in the run-up to the company’s acquisition in spring 2024, seeing immediately how much he cared about good design, for the quality of the work he delivered, and for his family – his wife, Sarah, his children, and granddaughter on whom he doted. 

We would like to pass on our deepest condolences to his loved ones at this difficult time. 

His son, Freddie, is running the Hackney Half Marathon for Cancer Research UK in memory of his dad, as well as his cousin and his grandad. 

Please donate and help raise money for the charity who have given his family so much support.  

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