Faye Toogood x Tacchini: Bread and Butter
Bread and Butter: the building blocks of domestic happiness and health. And the inspiration behind Toogood’s newest collaboration with Tacchini.
"Every single morning, I knead, proof and bake a loaf of bread. Some people have transcendental meditation or prayer. I have my sourdough starter and half an hour of sticky, squashy, floury, sensory, in-the-present pleasure. There are some days when the world caves in… but I find peace and pride in my relentlessly rising loaf. On the daily bread I can depend."
At the core of Toogood’s studio practice is a hands-on process prioritising materials and model-making.
In this case – a loaf of bread and a slab of butter. Maquettes for a modular sofa were initially made in ever-softening butter, and the forms for tables were found in miniature monuments erected in thick-sliced, piled-up sourdough.
In 2026, Butter evolves into a structured collection, designed to play an increasingly central role in contemporary living. New modules, end units and complementary pieces including an armchair, a three-seater sofa, poufs and storage cabinet which come together to form an open, coherent and flexible system, expanding its compositional possibilities.
Butter is a sculptural, squashy, modular sofa. Generous, butter-soft upholstery melts across oversized building block structures that can be curated and rearranged to your taste.
"I wanted to create a chair as comforting, and as tactile as soft butter. Modelling with slippery fingers, the modular Butter Sofa appeared. Every-day life is a thing of beauty. Sometimes you need go no further than the breakfast table to find meaning. Slice a loaf of bread. Look at it from a new perspective."
Butter Modular Sofa
Originally modelled from a slab of Cornish butter, Butter Sofa embodies the Toogood studio’s playful experimentation and unconventional design process. Hands-on, human, beautiful, useful.
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Butter 3-Seater Sofa
The Butter sofa reinterprets the enveloping comfort of the Butter Sofa in a fixed composition that retains the spontaneous and authentic character of Faye Toogood’s original design.
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Butter Armchair
The Butter armchair does not impose a posture but supports it, transforming comfort into an empathetic and natural experience that reinforces the spirit of Faye Toogood’s collection.
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Butter Low Table & Ottoman
Butter expands the language of Faye Toogood’s collection with a soft, compact element, naturally adapting to the different rituals of contemporary living.
Butter Storage Cabinet
The Butter storage cabinet translates the collection’s soft language into a light architectural presence, capable of accompanying the other elements designed by Faye Toogood with rhythm and colour.
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Bread console was designed by baking, slicing and balancing two Ciabatta. From this rustic beginning, an elegant wooden console has emerged.
Bread Console
Sculpted in ash, the Bread console celebrates the warmth and tactility of wood, while the maple inlay, dyed in a delicate primrose shade, evokes a slice of buttered bread.
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Bread side tables were designed by baking, slicing and stacking a loaf of Sourdough bread. From this rustic beginning, two sculptural side tables have emerged. The side table’s Maple inlay is naturally stained in a pale primrose tone, giving the impression of a slice of buttered bread.
Bread Side Tables
Bread side table’s soft and naturalistic forms are carved from Ash. The warmth and tactility of the side tables is complimented with a stain that celebrates the wood’s natural grain.
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Designers
Faye Toogood
Faye Toogood is one of the most original voices in contemporary design. Growing up in the English countryside, she began her career as a stylist at The World of Interiors before founding an interdisciplinary studio in London, where she collaborates with architects, sculptors, and illustrators, including her sister Erica.
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