Gigi Cooke is a furniture designer and maker based in Jersey, UK. Her design practice focuses on contemporary, sustainable furniture that celebrates materiality, craftsmanship, and thoughtful making. Grounded in a material-led approach, her work explores the relationship between form, function, and the inherent qualities of natural materials.

Central to Gigi’s practice is an experimental and playful process, allowing each piece to develop in response to the material itself. She works primarily with locally sourced and responsibly managed timber, embracing variations in grain, texture, and tone as defining features rather than imperfections. This approach results in furniture that feels tactile, honest, and designed to age gracefully over time.

Collaboration plays an important role in her work. Gigi works closely with clients, architects, and interior designers to create bespoke and one-of-a-kind pieces that respond to their architectural and spatial context. Her interest extends beyond individual objects to how furniture inhabits and shapes a space, influencing her approach to curation and visual storytelling through exhibitions and photoshoots.

By combining traditional craftsmanship with contemporary techniques, Gigi aims to create considered furniture that invites interaction and reflects a more sustainable and thoughtful approach to design.

Gigi Cooke is a furniture designer and maker whose practice is rooted in material exploration, craftsmanship, and contemporary design. Working primarily with timber, her work is guided by a material-led and experimental process that allows form to emerge through making. She is interested in how natural materials carry history, texture, and character, and how these qualities can be celebrated through thoughtful design. By embracing irregularities in grain, tone, and structure, her pieces highlight the honesty of the material rather than concealing it.

Gigi’s work balances sculptural presence with function, creating furniture that is tactile, enduring, and designed to be lived with. Sustainability is central to her practice, with a focus on locally sourced and responsibly managed materials, alongside efficient use of resources and minimal waste. Through bespoke commissions, collections, and curated projects, Gigi explores the relationship between object, space, and user, aiming to create considered pieces that invite interaction and foster a deeper connection to material and craft.