Tom Dixon

Subject Matter:

In my opinion, I think that the chairs that Tom Dixon has created are very simple and what interested me the most is the mood of the designs which seem to be very dark due to the choice of colour. The fact that he uses the colour black in the majority of his chairs which gives a bold effect to it.

Technique:

All of the chairs that I have viewed of his creations are very well sculptured as well as ergonomically friendly. I think that he did use  a range of tools to make these chairs look as they do: professional and well-constructed. The majority of his chairs are completely black. The reason behind this is not said however I think that it gives a sense of unity to his creations, and that it could be his signature on the chairs which shows that he as sculpted the chair.

Links with own work:

The reason why I have chosen this particular artist is because the majority of his chairs are black which got me thinking that I would like to have something similar on my chair to represent that it is designed by me. The artist also links into generating an idea similar to mine about making it ergonomically friendly as well as being well constructed. In addition, I would like to learn more about the sort of machinery and tools that Dixon has used to create some of these chairs so that I can incorporate these techniques when producing my final design. Personally, I would rather have a chair like Dixon’s rather than one which is too fancy looking and colourful and that is difficult to sit on as it is not ergonomically friendly.

Quote by Tom Dixon:

“The S-chair provided a step out of the self-production ghetto. The Jack Light proved a convincing attempt at mass-production.”