Four leading designers on the future of design
Tom Dixon’s Fat chairs, Beat pendant lights and Tube table. Image by Peer Lindgreen.
Millie Walton speaks to four design leaders ? Bentley?s Stefan Sielaff, Gaggenau?s Sven Baacke, Tom Dixon and Cristina Celestino ? about innovation, sustainability and the evolution of their industries
TOM DIXON
British designer and founder of the Tom Dixon design studio
Tom Dixon
?After trying art college for six months, I broke a leg in a motorcycle accident and gave up education in favour of a career as a bass guitarist in a disco band. After another fortuitous motorcycle accident, I was unable to join the band on tour. I discovered welding and, driven by my enthusiasm for making functional forms in metal, I began a series of radical experiments in shape and material. There is a freedom in music that I transferred to design. Follow LUX on Instagram:Â luxthemagazine
?I rarely think of the final shape of an object or the surface before I start. I?m always thinking of the material possibilities, the potential of the factory and the structure of the object, which means that I?m a vertebrate designer rather than an invertebrate! I?m obsessed with how you make things and what they are made of. My style is reductionist and constructivist, meaning I try to make things as simple as possible.
?It?s hard to not be overwhelmed by outside influences. It?s important to develop your own design personality. I avoid looking at design and look at art, industry, cooking, science and nature.
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