Queercircle is a new lgbtq+ led charity working at the intersection of arts, culture and social action.
Having opened their new home in June 2022, QUEERCIRCLE seeks to develop an ecology of artists, curators, writers, thinkers, community organisers, grassroots organisations and charities who collectively work together to reimagine the role cultural spaces play in society.
Their exhibition commissions, archive exhibitions, participatory residencies, learning and workplace opportunities, and health and wellbeing programmes provide holistic support to LGBTQ+ and local communities
TOG launches a new sustainability-driven creative programme: Makers & Mentors Design-mentorship initiative challenges the next generation of makers to create sustainable furniture and art rooted in social connectivity. TOG worked with POoR Collective to select three exciting young makers currently on the cusp of careers in design and architecture, who would benefit from the programme, while also producing exceptional work for The Black & White Building. Based on their individual skill set, interests, and area of expertise, each of the three students selected has been matched with a mentor to provide guidance and feedback over the creation of their piece. All experienced in the development of sustainable furniture, and each responsible for designing original pieces for The Black & White Building.
Exhibition design for Then and Now by Everyone on Boards.
A visual exploration of youth culture from the past and present through the eyes of the skateboarding community of Waltham Forest.
EVERYONE ON BOARDS CIC is an exciting social enterprise with community programs to inspire and empower young people and families through skateboarding, snowboarding, and surfing.
Winns Gallery / Lloyd Park / London, E17 5JW
2022
Bespoke furniture design for The Future Libraries Initiative.
A space for public programming and community enterprises. Powered by citizens. Open to everyone.
An inviting 200 sqm of flexible space for the ideas of the local community to flourish.
in collaboration with All In Awe
installation design with Emma Archer for the launch of Carl Hansen & Son x Ilse Crawford collaboration. The CH24 Wishbone chair in 9 new soft colours inspired by nature and art. Paper flowers by Pom Pom Factory. Film by Dan Joyce.
For ‘A Second Life’ Exhibition by Matter Of Stuff at Sketch London, Furniture designer Matteo Fogale and stylist and costume designer Emma Archer have taken inspiration from traditional tailoring techniques and couture details while using repurposed wooden dowels as both the base structure and the interior of a screen. Using left- over fabrics donated by Kvadrat, the Papillon screen features an organic shape made from repeated segments. Here, the dowels are used as structural elements hidden beneath the fabric while giving the material its pattern and shape.
Curation for Uruguay XXI at the London Design Fair.
For the London design festival, Uruguay showcased products from nine of its homegrown design studios, as part of the London Design Fair. Channelling the work of one of Uruguay’s most-renowned creatives, poet Juana de Ibarbourou, each studio reimagined one of her poems for ‘Poetic Forms: The work of Uruguayan poet Juana de Ibarbourou’.
Juana de Ibarbourou is a literary icon of Uruguayan culture. Recognised in South America as one of the greatest poets, earning her the name ‘Juana de América’. Curated by London-based Uruguayan designer, Matteo Fogale, Uruguay’s contemporary creative studios distilled the work of Ibarbourou into furniture, accessories and textiles in a celebration of the centenary of ‘Las Lenguas de Diamante’, a book that catapulted Juana de Ibarbourou instantaneous success both nationally and internationally upon its publication in 1919.
Creative Direction for Yerra Rugs (now Miksi).
Graphic Design and Art Direction by Micha Weidmann Studio.
Photography by Rory Gardiner (Location), Tali Kimelman (Making), Tom Mannion (Product)
Styling Emma Archer.
Content and Copyrighting Naked On The Piano
Hilos Invisibles is an exhibition and a collection of furniture pieces curated by Matteo Fogale and inspired by the work of modernist architect Julio Vilamajó Echaniz. The result of Uruguay-born designer Matteo Fogale’s residency at Museo Casa Vilamajó and his collaboration with seven design studios from Montevideo. The work was first exhibited at The Aram Gallery for The London Design Festival 2018. The design of the pieces were inspired by original drawings of the architect found in the archives during a residency from the British Council at the Museo Casa Vilamajo in Montevideo...
Product photography by Florencia Antia. Images at the Faculty of Engineering by Tali Kimelman. Exhibition photography at The Aram Gallery by Emma Archer.
Installation for Casone during Milan Design Week 2017. In collaboration with Laetitia de Allegri.
Sculptural version of Mise-en-Abyme installation originally designed for the V&A. Installed at OXO Tower Warf, designed in collaboration with Laetitia De Allegri
Installation for the London Design Festival 2015 at the Victoria and Albert Museum for Johnson Tiles. In collaboration with Laetitia de Allegri.
Window display for COS during fashion week in Milan, London, Paris and New York. Designed in collaboration wit Laetitia de Allegri.
Shopfitting desiged for M.i.h Jeans brand. In collaboration with Laetitia de Allegri.
Window designed for Start London during London Design Week 2013 displaying the Camerino Collection.
