Charlotte Kingsnorth’s approach to design welds functionality with a personal exploration of materiality, form, and the subversive. Working predominantly with tactile materials, she cuts through traditional craft techniques and hacks into industrial processes as a type of art form. Through her furniture pieces, she explores the deconstruction of archetypes, dismantling the identity of an object in order to understand the context behind its design. Amongst her most iconic pieces is the Babafelt chair, first created in 2017. Made from a single sheet of thick merino wool felt that has been cut and folded to make a cocoon-like space, the chair responds to the occupant’s movements and hugs them as they lean back. Kingsnorth’s unique design pieces are produced as either limited editions or on a commission basis from her London-based studio.

Kingsnorth is a graduate of the Royal College of Art’s design products programme and runs a London-based practice, working with private clients, galleries, brands and global institutions, including The Bill Gates Foundation, Fendi, ASAP Rocky, ByFar, SHOWstudio, Tyler The Creator, Christies, The Crafts Council, The V&A, Holon Design Museum in Israel, Triennale Design Museum in Milan, and Saatchi Gallery in London. She has shown in design fairs at Nomad in Monaco, St. Moritz and Capri, Design Miami, New York, London, Paris and Milan, and has works in the permanent collection at Turkey’s Odunpazari Modern Museum.


Charlotte Kingsnorth (b. 1985) Lives and works in London

Charlotte Kingsnorth’s approach to design welds functionality with a personal exploration of materiality, form, and the subversive. Working predominantly with tactile materials, she cuts through traditional craft techniques and hacks into industrial processes as a type of art form. Through her furniture pieces, she explores the deconstruction of archetypes, dismantling...
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