{"id":401197,"date":"2026-04-20T05:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/401197\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T05:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:28:10","slug":"upcycled-art-design-milan-design-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/401197\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcycled Art, Design Milan Design Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMILAN \u2014 It isn\u2019t often that a creative crosses the gap between editorial, design and fashion<\/a>\u00a0so seamlessly. But British artist and designer\u00a0Faye Toogood<\/a>\u00a0continues to prove herself in the world of interiors, since leaving her role as editor and stylist at the World of Interiors in 2007.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe designer, who founded Studio Toogood in 2008, is gearing up to showcase Material Anthology by Faye Toogood<\/a> x Tacchini as Milan Design Week kicks off Monday. The site-specific takeover celebrates raw materials<\/a> and hands-on making. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe showcase features furniture<\/a> pieces from her Butter collection for Tacchini and paintings and sculptures, for which she used Tacchini\u2019s own archival offcuts, samples and raw materials<\/a> like slabs of stone. Toogood recognized that she\u2019s evolving continually as a furniture designer.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFurniture design has allowed me to realize sculptural works for daily life. Over the years I\u2019ve grown much more confident that art and design don\u2019t have to be pushed into categories so strictly. Why limit ourselves when having ideas; I\u2019m a magpie \u2013 I like to work in all the categories and materials,\u201d she told WWD.<\/p>\n

\t\tThe Possibilities of Upcycled Materials \t<\/p>\n

\n\tInside the showroom, Toogood\u2019s new pieces within the expanded Butter collection dialogue with her abstract paintings of butter and other unbridled impressionist subjects. She brought the concept of upcycled art to another level with a variety of sculptures, including a blue totem greeting visitors in the foyer, using timber offcuts and sprayed with high gloss.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the main \u201cpink room,\u201d she used patchwork offcuts to create a jovial imperfect spherical shape that can be hung from the ceiling. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tTacchini\u2019s new 1809 floor light, the Gianfranco Frattini Grand Sesann sofa and the Torii Love table by Studio Pepe finished in matte powder and pink lacquer.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCarmen Colombo\/WWD<\/p>\n

\n\tThe curation showcases the breadth of Tacchini\u2019s designs since it was founded in 1967. It includes the new 1809 floor light, the Gianfranco Frattini Grand Sesann sofa originally designed in 1970 and the Torii Love table by Studio Pepe finished in matte powder and pink lacquer.<\/p>\n

\n\tTacchini was founded in\u00a01967\u00a0by Antonio Tacchini in Seveso, Italy, within the Brianza furniture heartland. Today, the firm is still run by the Tacchini family. Antonio runs the firm with his children Maurizio and Giusi, who is the chief executive officer and creative director.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Faye<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tFaye Toogood<\/a> <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Studio Toogood<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, the space is punctuated with expanded pieces of Butter: soft, sculptural new modules, end units and complementary pieces, including an armchair. The basement level features Toogood\u2019s Butter sofa, pouf and storage cabinet. Two imperfect orbs hang from above, made with upholstery wool and rope.<\/p>\n

\t\tInspiration in the Everyday \t<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile other designers look to archival pieces, music and art, Toogood is unbeholden to trends \u2014 she finds inspiration from everyday life. Butter was originally modeled from a slab of Cornish butter, she recalled.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSometimes you need go no further than the breakfast table to find meaning. Slice a loaf of bread. Look at it from a new perspective,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn October, organizers tapped Toogood \u2014 known for crossing boundaries in\u00a0interior design<\/a>, architecture, design,\u00a0art<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0fashion<\/a> \u2014 as its Designer of the Year 2025.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the design world, her studio\u2019s reputation continues to garner international attention. It has collaborated recently with distinguished brands such as CC-Tapis, Calico,\u00a0Poltrona Frau<\/a>, and Maison Matisse. Her self-titled collections, which embrace collectible design, are showcased at Friedman Benda Gallery in New York.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt Milan Design Week in 2024, Toogood made waves for reconceptualizing the type of stately\u00a0Poltrona Frau<\/a>\u00a0armchair the historic, Tolentino-based\u00a0furniture<\/a>\u00a0maker is known for. Through her abstract lens, Toogood envisaged the Squash collection, which she said is like \u201cEnglish folk with Italian horsepower\u201d and embodies her soft, sculptural approach.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Tacchini's<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tTacchini\u2019s Milan showroom<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCarmen Colombo\/WWD<\/p>\n

\t\tCrossing the Divide \t<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen asked how she broke down barriers in the design world, she said working in creative direction for\u00a0Tom Dixon<\/a>\u00a0after leaving World of Interiors was pivotal to her crossover as a\u00a0furniture<\/a>\u00a0designer. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe encouraged me to start making things for myself. One of the things I realized is that breaking down doors and breaking down the boundaries is something that I feel like my role might be in design. I think it\u2019s perhaps taken\u2026 15, 20 years to work that out,\u201d she explained in an interview last year, noting that it is essential to highlight the role women have played in the evolution of modern design, both in creative and business terms.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Tacchini's<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tTacchini\u2019s Milan showroom<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCarmen Colombo\/WWD<\/p>\n

\n\tThroughout history, Charlotte Perriand, Ray Eames, Zaha Hadid and\u00a0Patricia Urquiola<\/a>\u00a0are just a few women who have pioneered change in a design world dominated by men. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe daughter of an academic father and florist mother who grew up in the English country town of Rutland and studied\u00a0art<\/a>\u00a0history at Bristol, Toogood first rose to the fore in furniture with her bestselling Roly-Poly chair for Driade 2014.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2012, she launched her clothing line with her sister Erica. Her fashion brand continues to grow and in 2025 counted 100 international stockists. In terms of what facet of her business \u2014 fashion or design \u2014 gets the most attention, she said it varies. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s no kind of timetable in that sense. I often describe it as a bit like having children. It\u2019s basically whoever shouts loudest gets the attention,\u201d she told WWD in 2025 when she was named Maison&Objet Designer of the Year.<\/p>\n

\n\tToogood\u2019s Dadaist designs have naturally been met with some skepticism, she commented. \u201cTraditionally customers love or hate our furniture designs; they\u2019re polarizing \u2014 some say iconic \u2014 we don\u2019t design for the middle. A good piece of design should draw you in, make you want it and feel passionate about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILAN \u2014 It isn\u2019t often that a creative crosses the gap between editorial, design and fashion\u00a0so seamlessly. But…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3203,146,183155,23770,85,5453,46,991,68297,186882],"class_list":{"0":"post-401197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-collaboration","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-faye-toogood","11":"tag-furniture","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-interior-design","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-materials","16":"tag-salone-del-mobile","17":"tag-textile"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}