The iconic furniture designer speaks to Matthew Hague about copyright in the age of social media
British designer Tom Dixon was going to be a rock star. In the early 1980s, his band Funkapolitan toured with the Clash and opened for Ziggy Marley. But when he broke his arm in a motorcycle accident and could no longer strum his bass, he redirected his creativity to blowtorching metal. It all sounds like a fast way to get third-degree burns. Instead, though, his self-guided experiments in form and craftsmanship launched one of contemporary design’s most prodigious and inventive careers.
La-Z-Boy? No. But there’s something about the way that I sit that’s very lazy. I misuse chairs. I slouch in them. I originally created the Fat chairs and stools for Coal Office, a restaurant I co-own in London. I wanted them to be comfortable regardless of your posture. If you sit upright, the back rest provides lumbar support. Yet, they’re also lovely for curling up.
As for being public, I’m the kind of designer who typically likes to work in private before showing other people. I’m like many introverts that way. But I’m trying to train myself to be more open. I’m trying to train myself not to care. You do get copied a lot. I see Tom Dixon knockoffs for sale online all time. Does that bother you? How do you deal with it?
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