The stone is cut to the thinnest possible depth so it appears to be semi.
Tom dixon marble.
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.
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.
Which isn t very surprising since we re dealing with tom dixon.
Marble doesn t need a lot of design to make it an extraordinary object.
Relentlessly innovative and incomparably creative self taught designer tom dixon is a leading figure of the design industry.
Stone table lamp in morwad marble by tom dixon.
This is industrial design as art.
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.
Which isn t very surprising since we re dealing with tom dixon.
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.
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 stepped bookends which have a marvellously marble esque swirling finish.
This is industrial design as art.
Sculpturally formed and opulently finished his stunning range of furniture lighting and homewares is truly captivating.
17 years on tom dixon is now a widely celebrated global force in interior design with our own hubs in new york.
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.