Terence Woodgate

Terence Woodgate is one of the UK’s most respected industrial designers, specialising in furniture and lighting. Renowned for his minimalist approach, he focuses on the art of subtraction rather than addition, distilling designs to their purest form.

Artist Biography

In 2003, he was elected a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London, where he is also a Fellow (FRSA). Over the course of his career, he has received numerous prestigious international design awards, including the German Red Dot ‘Best of the Best’ award, the Design Council’s British Design Award, and the German iF Ecology Award.

His work is held in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Museu de les Arts Decoratives in Barcelona, as well as in private collections worldwide.

Woodgate currently lives and works from his studio on the Rocacorba Mountain, Girona, Spain.

Exhibitions

  • Terence Woodgate X John Barnard Lightness of Form

    New York

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    12 May – 18 Oct 2026

Press

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September 2025

F1 engineering and artistic sculpture collide in John Barnard and Terence Woodgate exhibition

Opening on September 11, 2025 at Carpenters Workshop Gallery during the London Design Festival, Lightness of Form is an ambitious new exhibition that applies motor sport-engineering principles and advanced composites to sculptural tables, seating and cabinets.

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September 2025

Terence Woodgate designs furniture collection where "carbon fibre is the structure"

British designer Terence Woodgate has created a collection of carbon-fibre furniture for Carpenters Workshop Gallery, featuring super-slim forms that lend the pieces a lightweight appearance.

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September 2025

Terence Woodgate and John Barnard create sculptural furniture from carbon fibre

Two legendary designers have brought the worlds of collectible design and motorsport together with a celebration of carbon fibre’s structural and sculptural qualities.