Toogood Open House with Noritake Design Collection

Drawn from memory and feeling, ROSE is a riot of pink and green - the palette of an English garden, Faye Toogood chose to curate noble forms from Noritake’s archives to use as a substrate for her spontaneous and emotive mark-making. The result is an unexpected dialogue between Nagoya and the South Downs of England. Noritake’s generations of artisans and Toogood’s crash cymbal of the right here, right now present moment. The collection comprises a series of 17 original pieces, hand-painted and signed by Faye during her residency in Japan, and a limited production run of 111 numbered platters. The platters have been hand-painted by Noritake’s master painters with Faye’s Rose artwork, meticulously following her style and mark-making. The ceramics are displayed alongside sketchbooks, artworks and sculptures revealing the collection’s inspiration and design process. Faye Toogood is one of a select group of designers who have been invited by Noritake Design Collection to reimagine the heritage steeped world of Noritake, one of Japan’s first modern tableware makers. Under the creative direction of Yuichiro Hori, Noritake Design Collection bridges cultures, aesthetics and traditions. Rose is presented within the working environment of Toogood’s multidisciplinary studio where new season clothing and furniture, including new additions to Toogood’s upholstered seating collection Gummy, will also be on show. TOOGOOD Toogood is a design studio that refuses to be constrained by any one discipline. Founded and led by Faye Toogood, she and her team create timeless works of unconventional design, including but never limited to furniture, interiors, clothing and homeware. At the centre of every Toogood project is a restless spirit of experimentation, and a joy taken in process and play. NORITAKE DESIGN COLLECTION The new Noritake Design Collection invites top international designers to fuse their artistry with Noritakes’s 120-year history of handcraft skills and materials. Noritake traces its roots back to 1876, where its founders, the Morimura brothers, set up a general store in New York City, and a trading company in Tokyo. They laid the foundation for what would become one of the world’s leading names in fine porcelain and the beginning of a cross-cultural exchange that would profoundly influence Noritake’s development and global reach. Headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, Noritake is used by the best hotels, restaurants, and airlines worldwide, and has become a global icon of luxury hospitality.