Tom Dixon Marble

This is industrial design as art.

Tom dixon marble.

Which isn t very surprising since we re dealing with tom dixon. A play on our original stone spice grinder this table light comprises a halo hollowed from white morwad marble mounted on a tube with a central floating ball in the form of a brass tipped bulb. Relentlessly innovative and incomparably creative self taught designer tom dixon is a leading figure of the design industry. The swirl collection takes the powdered residue from the marble industry and mixes it with resin and pigment to create sculptures or more specifically in this case candelabra which have a marvellously marble esque swirling finish.

Marble doesn t need a lot of design to make it an extraordinary object. Which isn t very surprising since we re dealing with tom dixon. Sculpturally formed and opulently finished his stunning range of furniture lighting and homewares is truly captivating. The latest chapter of tom s design journey began in 2002 when he left corporate life to create his own eponymous brand as a platform for a series of new adventures in the design of products and interiors.

From his departure point in the early eighties welding salvaged steel into radical furniture he has constantly reinvented himself through a series of different design lives. A true pioneer of design where tom dixon innovates others follow. 17 years on tom dixon is now a widely celebrated global force in interior design with our own hubs in new york. The pure mass and weight combined with the psychedelic patterns that come from millions of years of geological compression only need the minimum of shaping and detail to make into an attractive object tom dixon.

Stone table lamp in morwad marble by tom dixon. The stone is cut to the thinnest possible depth so it appears to be semi. Tom is a restless innovator who works mainly in lighting accessories and furniture.