Stuart Haygarth

BIOGRAPHY MUSEUM REFERENCES INFORMATION

Elevating the commonplace or discarded object is a central tenant of Haygarth’s work. His exquisite designs and installations have employed the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life – from man made debris washed up on the seashore to thousands of salvaged prescription spectacles. Creating order and symmetry out of randomness and waste, his work is as much about the process of collecting and collating materials as the elevation of these materials to objects of value or beauty. By constructing narratives about time, loss, abandonment and modernity, these human aspects attached to the chosen objects are an integral part and driving force within the work. As he has said, ‘My work revolves around everyday objects, often collected in large quantities, categorized and presented in such a ways that they are given new meaning. It is about banal and overlooked objects gaining new significance.

Awards

2009
/ Wallpaper Courvoisier Award – winner
/ Jerwood Contemporary Makers – shortlisted
/ Rosemount Taste Award – shortlisted

2008
/ British Design Awards ( Elle Decor ) – New Designer Award.
/ Bombay Sapphire Glass prize – shortlisted for Aladdin

2007
/ Elle Décor ( Italy – No.12 ) – Best Design
/ Arena Magazine – ‘ Man of the Year ‘ award for Design.
/ February – Wallpaper Magazine – winner of Best Breakthrough Designer.

Literature

/ Fragiles / Porcelain,Glass & Ceramics / Gestalten
/ Wonder Wood / A Favourite Material for Design, Architecture & Art / Glasner & Ott
/ Why, What, How / Collecting Design in a Contemporary Market / Sellers Upcycle / Ginko

Press

/ Design Mobilier / Karine Mazeau, Eyrolles
/ Product Design / Paul Rogers & Alex Milton / Lawrence King
/ 100 New Eco Designs / Rebecca Proctor / Lawrence King
/ Remake It Home / Henrietta Thompson / Lawrence King
/ Material Thoughts / David Bramston / AVA Publishing
/ Artifact / Recognizing the Essential of Products / Viction:ary
/ Design After Modernism / Furniture and Interiors 1970-2010 / Judith Gura / Norton
/ Contemporary Glass / Black Dog Publishing
/ Twenty-First Century Design / New Design Icons, from Mass Market to Avant-Garde / Fairs
/ 1000 New Eco-Designs and Where To Find Them / Rebecca Proctor / Laurence King
/ 1000 New Designs and Where To Find Them / Jennifer Hudson / Laurence King
/ Escapartes / Alexandro Bahamon, Anna Vicens Soler / PAD Parramon
/ The Eco-Design Handbook (3rd Edition) / Alastair Fuad-Luke – Thames & Hudson.
/ Limited Edition / Prototypes, One-offs & Design Art Furniture / Sophie Lovell – Birkhauser
/ The International Design Year Book 2007 / Laurence King
/ Manufractured / The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects / Holt & Skov Books
/ AC/DC Contemporary Art Contemporary Design / Geneva University of Art & Design
/ Cool Hunting Green / David Evans / East Street Publications

Press

Artnet – A ‘DYSFUNCTIONAL’ Exhibition by Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Venice Is All About the Usefulness—and Uselessness—of Art and Design

National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Museum Fur Kunst Und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Museum of Art and Design, MAD, New York, USA
Design Museum, London, UK
Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK
Craig Robins Collection, Miami, USA
David Roberts Collection, London, UK