FAYE TOOGOOD
英国人デザイナー。素材への追求と試みを示した家具とオブジェクトを手掛ける。作品は全て小規模の製作工場や伝統的な職人によってつくられたハンドメイド。素材の特性に忠実に、手作業の不揃いさと共に製作されている。論理学を専攻する傍ら芸術の活動も行い、最先端の雑誌業界での勤務経験から独特な観点を得る。その彫刻的な作品からは、過去への尊敬、純粋な自己表現と本能がみえる。自身のコレクションラインは"Assemblages"と名付け、固定概念にとらわれない、素材と手法の実験を示した作品集となっている。活動はプロダクトだけでなく、空間、展示構成など多領域にわたりながらも、携わったものはすべて統一された物語になっている。
Faye Toogood is a British designer. Her furniture and objects demonstrate a preoccupation with materiality and experimentation. All of her pieces are handmade by small-scale fabricators and traditional artisans, with an honesty to the rawness and irregularity of the chosen material. With an academic training in the theory and practice of fine art, and a vocational background at the forefront of the magazine industry, Toogood approaches product design with a singular and acutely honed eye. Her highly sculptural work, while showing an astute respect for the past, is derived from pure self-expression and instinct. Toogood's objects are grouped together into her trademark numbered 'Assemblages'. This allows her to avoid the formulaic, to experiment with the materials and processes that dominate her thinking at a particular time. With each Assemblage, she engages not only with the products themselves but also with the three-dimensional space in which they are exhibited, working across multiple disciplines to create a single body of work with an intuitive and unified narrative.
