Industrial designer Tom Dixon seeks the unexpected in art as in life.
Born in Tunisia to an English father and a French Latvian mother, Dixon became the lauded, self-taught designer powerhouse that he is today by luck of the draw. Schooled at the famous Holland Park comprehensive school, he left with just an A-level in pottery. Within six months, he had enrolled and dropped out of Chelsea College of Arts. A motorbike accident spelled the end of his higher education and left him with a gold tooth that flashes when he smiles. While on the mend—and dipping in the music industry—he learned to weld to fix his vehicle and segued into set-building after a second crash. As Funkapolitan, the band he was involved in, gave way to hip-hop club Language Lab, Dixon transitioned toward increasingly elaborate sets where wrecked cars and metal refused became eye-catching (if barely functional) furniture and fixtures.
This story is from the October/November2016 edition of Essential Homme.
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