WOMANIFESTO! In Conversation with Faye Toogood, Designer of the Year Maison&Objet 2025
Edition January 2025
The Talks — Hall 7
Description
Taking a retrospective view on the British designer’s illustrious career, Roddy Clarke will interview Faye Toogood to discuss her surrealist approach to creativity, the role of women in design and the inspiration behind WOMANIFESTO! – the designer’s installation on display within Maison & Objet.
Participants
Faye ToogoodDesigner & Founder - Toogood
Romain CasellaFounder & Director of Creative Agency, MAY Concepts Ltd
Faye Toogood
Designer & Founder - Toogood
Faye Toogood is a British Designer whose London based studio creates timeless works of unconventional design, including but never limited to furniture, interiors, clothing and homeware. Faye studied Art History at Bristol University and was Interiors Editor at The World of Interiors for eight years before founding Toogood in 2008. She has since become one of the most recognisable figures in the design and art industry, whose work has been exhibited and collected by Museums around the world. At the centre of every Toogood project is a restless spirit of experimentation, and a joy taken in process and play.
Romain Casella
Founder & Director of Creative Agency, MAY Concepts Ltd
With over 15 years of experience in the creative industry, working with leading organisations such as Publicis Groupe and WGSN, Romain Casella founded the creative agency MAY Concepts Ltd in London in 2012. Collaborating with institutions and public organisations (Swiss Arts Council, City of Porto) and lifestyle, fashion, and design brands (Cappellini, Business of Fashion, Panter & Tourron), MAY provides branding, creative consulting, as well as end-to-end communications and public relations services. Romain also acts as a lecturer, speaker, and coach (ECAL, Westminster University, London College of Fashion), helping creatives develop impactful marketing and communications strategies.