Instead of presenting a new collection during London Design Festival this year, Faye Toogood has brought together works from 50 designers, artists and architects for an exhibition named The Trade Show.
Toogood's Trade Show is based on the format of furniture fairs, which see multiple designers presenting their new products to the public.
Based in the selfsame location where Toogood launched her debut furniture collection in 2010, The Trade Show draws on the centuries-old tradition of artists supporting each other through mutually beneficial barter," said the London designer.
Designer Max Lamb has donated one of his Splatter stools, while conceptual artist Rolf Sachs is presenting his Sisyphus sculpture – which is a spade with a hole cut through the middle.
She has also included documents that detail interactions between the exhibiting designers and their new Spade chairs.
"The result is a celebration of the habit of collection, an auto-curated Wunderkammer that showcases pieces from some of the most exciting talents in contemporary British art and design," said Toogood.
"The site-specific installation by food designers Arabeschi di Latte reinterprets folk-art superstitions to bring 'healing energies' to the show, albeit with the spiritual connotations exorcised."
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