All you need to know about Faye Toogood: Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscape

Our new monograph offers the first in-depth examination of the work of the internationally renowned British designer

Beauty comes naturally to Faye Toogood. Even as a child, growing up in Rutland, rural England, Toogood had a naturalist's eye for pleasing juxtapositions, and would arrange and rearrange a collection of feathers, beetles, fossils, crystals and stones on her bedroom table.

Born to a florist mother and an ornithologist father, Toogood has extended this deeply held sense of aesthetics into a wide range of media and disciplines, including product design, fashion, interiors, sculpture and homeware.

The New York Times has celebrated the simple joy of Toogood’s now-iconic Roly-Poly chair; CNN has celebrated her multidisciplinary practice; the Financial Times has concurred, remarking on how deftly she switches between a clothing collection, a gallery show and an interiors commission.

Faye Toogood: Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscape

This season, Phaidon brings Toogood's superlative work together in her new authoritative monograph, Faye Toogood: Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscape. Written by Alistair O’Neill, a fashion historian, curator and Professor of Fashion History and Theory at Central Saint Martins in London, the book charts Toogood’s early adult life, as Interiors Editor at The World of Interiors, and her subsequent, hugely successful career, designing her own, inimitable furniture, overseeing domestic and commercial interiors projects for clients including Mulberry, Carhartt, Hermès, and Comme des Garçons, as well as creating timeless, utilitarian garments in collaboration with her sister, Erica.

All you need to know about Faye Toogood: Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscape

Pages from Faye Toogood: Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscape

The book borrows from Toogood’s studio approach, exploring the designer's work via the guiding principles of drawing, material, sculpture, and landscape. By doing so, this handsome, 280 page hardback title not only showcases her work, but also reveals the creative processes of one of the world’s most heterogeneous and talented designers.

Neither overwrought nor minimal, Toogood’s pieces balance joy and gravity perfectly. Equally at ease fashioning her pieces from fibreglass and metal as from cardboard and crystal, she has said her studio’s designs are deeply human; and indeed Faye Toogood: Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscape serves as a kind of biography or paper portrait, collecting together as it does, the finest parts of her idiosyncratic practice.

All you need to know about Faye Toogood: Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscape

Faye Toogood: Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscape

Fellow designers will find much to draw on and admire in this book; architects and interior experts will be interested in her use of colour, light and space; while anyone with an appreciation for craftsmanship and original thinking will be fascinated by Toogood’s singular output. To find out more and order your copy of Faye Toogood: Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscape go here..

Faye Toogood: Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscapeedited by Alistair O’Neill

Price AUD$140.00 Price CAD$125.00 Price €79.95 Price USD$89.95 Price T89.95

The first in-depth look at the work of the globally celebrated and multidisciplinary London-based designer Faye Toogood - this book covers all aspects of her work, from clothes and furniture, to installations and interior design

Faye Toogood is unlike any other designer. Her impressive creative output encompasses not only furniture, but sculpture, fashion, interiors, and homeware.

This book is the first to explore Toogood's unique approach to design across disciplines through the studio's guiding principles: drawing, material, sculpture, and landscape.

In doing so it not only reveals the fascinating creative process behind Toogood's beautiful designs, but also illustrates the interconnectedness of her design across a range of practices together with the poetry that flows throughout her work.

The book also features her collaborations with (and commissions by) such brands as Birkenstock, Carhartt WIP, Comme des Garçons, Dover Street Market, Hermès, Mulberry and National Gallery of Victoria.

Specifications:

Format: Hardback
Size: 290 × 250 mm (11 3/8 × 9 7/8 in)
Pages: 280 pp
Illustrations: 275 illustrations
ISBN: 9781838664046

Faye Toogood is a British artist working in a diverse range of disciplines, from sculpture to furniture and fashion. Toogood’s works have been acquired for the permanent collections of institutions worldwide, and she has exhibited internationally. She is represented by Friedman Benda in New York.

Alistair O’Neill is professor of Fashion History and Theory at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and writes on contemporary fashion.

'A behind-the-scenes look at how homes, stores, and collections of clothing and furniture come together from diverse elements, with photographs of sketches made in black biro, maquettes made in masking tape, as well as the archive boxes she meticulously creates for each project.' - British Vogue

'Beautifully curated' - The Modern House Journal

‘Fascinating.’ - Galerie Magazine

‘Expertly details her sinuous furniture designs, her forays into fashion design, while offering a glimpse into her design process.’ - The Architect's Newspaper