Description
In a choice of 2 statement-making sizes, Cloud's sculptural contours gleam in silvery polished aluminum. With his own past in metalworking, Tom Dixon's piece is inspired by skilled artisans who still possess the vanishing skills. Each vessel is hammered and braised in India and every mark and indentation from the process is evident in the finished piece as a nod to its hand-workmanship. The organic form somewhat recalls seedpods and the vessel is dry-food safe as well as watertight and can be used for floral arrangements or as a cachepot.
Specifications
Size
- Short: 9.4" h x 9.1" w x 8.3" d (24x23x21cm)
- Tall: 17.1" h x 8.5" w x 8.5" d (43.5x21.5x21.5cm)
Material
Polished aluminum
Details
Made in India
Brand
Tom Dixon
“If there are rules to design, I don’t know what they are,” declares self-taught Tom Dixon. This Tunisian-born Brit started out with stints painting cartoons, as a printer, then bass player in a disco-funk outfit. But it was honing his welding skills in an auto body repair shop that led to a design breakthrough, the now revered S Chair for Cappellini. From there, after several years helming design at the iconic Habitat during its prime years, he established his eponymous brand in 2002 and with it a body of near-unrivaled work.
Tom Dixon is synonymous with the idiosyncratic sensibilities that inform so much of British aesthetics, yet by a beat all his own. He challenges with his use of materials in unexpected applications, and reworkings of otherwise conventional classics into elegant gems. His remarkable creative output covers a wide swath of categories, among them at A+R, his lighting, furniture, décor, tabletop and barware. Tom also manages to extend his exhaustive vision to hotels, restaurants—including his own at this wonderful campus at the Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross—and the odd home. For good reason this OBE’s design work now resides in the collections of the V&A, MoMA and the Pompidou.