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Designer
Tom Dixon
Tom Dixon (born 21 May 1959 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a self-taught British designer and entrepreneur. A former bass guitarist with the band Funkapolitan, he turned to welding after a motorbike accident and in the mid-1980s became known for…
Biography
Background
Tom Dixon (born 21 May 1959 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a self-taught British designer and entrepreneur. A former bass guitarist with the band Funkapolitan, he turned to welding after a motorbike accident and in the mid-1980s became known for welded salvage furniture.
Signature Style
His work starts from materials and processes: welded steel, rotational moulding, hand-beaten brass and metallised polycarbonate. He describes his interests as entrepreneurship, ideas, sculpture, engineering and craft.
Notable Works
The S-Chair for Cappellini, the Pylon chair (1991), Jack for Eurolounge (Millennium Mark 1997), and for his own brand the Beat, Mirror Ball, Melt and Wingback designs. He was head of design and then creative director at Habitat (1998-2008).
Legacy
Founder of the Tom Dixon brand (2002) and Design Research Studio (2007), he was appointed OBE in 2001 and CBE in 2025, and his work is held by MoMA, the V&A, the Vitra Design Museum and the Centre Pompidou.
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Collections
Products
S-Chair
Tom Dixon's 1991 S-Chair on a dark metal structure, covered in straw, wicker, fabric or leather.
Beat Light Fat
Tom Dixon's Beat Fat pendant: hand-beaten brass shade, crafted by artisans in Northern India.
Melt Pendant, Medium
A distorted, mirrored orb that glows like hot-blown glass when lit
Serpentine
Modular seating system by Tom Dixon for Moroso, built from central elements and corner modules
