To celebrate the launch of our Autumn Winter 2025 collection, The Curious Mind, we gathered our community for a three-day event at 14 Cavendish, London. The Grade II-listed building, standing for over 250 years on Cavendish Square, offered rooms of tall windows and worn wooden floors. It was a setting alive with history, where curiosity, contemplation and learning could take root.
Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s words, “Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous,” we brought together artists, thinkers, makers and our community in a shared celebration of creativity.
In the immersive TOAST space, we launched our seasonal printed book, exhibited archival covers from the publication’s 28-year history, and displayed favourite pieces from our Autumn Winter 2025 collection.
Installations, performances and workshops filled the house. A sculptural work by Cave Paper introduced textured surfaces and shadow, while south London four-piece WOOM opened the programme with layered harmonies and reverberating vocals that carried through the rooms.
Threaded throughout was an immersive soundscape by musician Alice Boyd, blending folk harmonies, field recordings and ambient textures, accompanying visitors as they moved through the house.
During the weekend, we launched TOAST Renewed by Meta Struycken, a limited-edition series of one-of-a-kind garments transformed through traditional handcrafts. The pieces, reimagined by Dutch textile artist Meta Struycken, were reworked from returned items and fabric offcuts with meticulous stitching and embroidery.
Annie Coggan’s Infinite Smocking installation presented three large-scale textiles with visible stitches and intricate geometries, a textile surface that spoke to the workings of a vibrant mind.
Conversation came to the fore in Living Curiously, a panel hosted by journalist and broadcaster Pandora Sykes with poet Greta Bellamacina and biologist and author Camilla Pang, who spoke on curiosity as a driving force in art, science and human connection.
Workshops extended the theme into practice. Guests joined still life drawing sessions guided by Kuda Mushangi, bringing to life a composition of former New Maker Kate Semple’s tonal paper vessels, which were also displayed elsewhere in the space. Throughout the weekend our community were able to drop by for time with Repair specialist Marie, to learn more about the art of mending.
The London Centre for Book Arts hosted book making workshops, while Isabel Fletcher guided guests through patchwork and quilting and Seán Hewitt held a session on poetry writing. Elsewhere, Tevin Muendo encouraged spontaneous creativity through typewriter poetry and evocative readings by Salena Godden filled the space.
Books were a constant. The Reading Room, created in partnership with Vinterior, offered space to pause among previously-loved furniture with softened edges and warm patina. Among the unique Vinterior pieces created for our collaboration, One of One, was a solid oak armchair by Bröderna Anderson, upholstered in boro-inspired fabric by artist Hannah Refaat, using leftover indigo fabric from TOAST's garment production. It sat alongside books curated by east London bookshop Libreria, which were available to swap.
The programme unfolded across three days of exchange and reflection. As the weekend drew to a close, there was a sense of curiosity sparked, and an openness welcomed in, reflecting the season’s philosophy of looking, questioning and learning.
Discover our partnership with Vinterior, TOAST Renewed by Meta Struycken and watch back Living Curiously with Pandora Sykes, Greta Bellamacina and Camilla Pang. You can purchase Alice Boyd’s soundscape here.
Photography by Aloha Bonser-Shaw.
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