London-based designer Faye Toogood has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here, she selects five projects that best reflect her work.
While the founder of the contemporary British brand Toogood identifies herself as a designer, with work spanning interiors, objects, furniture, clothing and art, her practice is often referred to as multidisciplinary.
"For myself, I like the word tinker. I tinker with a lot of things, but I'm a master of nothing. I like working in interiors, objects, furniture, clothing and art," she told Dezeen.
"There's less of a defined rulebook because of that, helped also by the fact I didn?t study design but fine art and history of art."
"I'm a designer, not an artist"
The British designer considers her design philosophy to be deeply rooted in four fundamental principles. "My work is and has always been rooted in four integral concepts, or four ways of seeing, which are drawing, material, sculpture and landscape," said Toogood.
"I don't see any difference between a coat, a chair or an interior. The approach and the ethos are the same," she continued. "Everything I do and the studio does is relevant ? it has a place, it is desired and it's not just for me. That?s why I'm a designer, not an artist."
Faye Toogood is a British designer who works across a diverse range of disciplines. Photo by Delfino Sisto Legnani
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