CDW16: Tom Dixon spiritual Gets collaboration with giving back
CDW16: Tom Dixon Gets Spiritual with a collaboration that Gives Back
before photo gallery British design brand Tom Dixon worked with a church rather than rent space in Clerkenwell design Week this year, creating a permanent co-working space for the local community, donating and installing a large chandelier in the main space and the establishment of a soup kitchen.
"Andrew Baughen [the vicar at St James’ Church] sees the potential to make this unique building available to residents of Clerkenwell-day creative workforce and the community for residential use as a resource, "said a statement from the brand.
" with the evolution of the Church and adapts to the new conditions of the 21st century, occasion of the opening to new audiences and unexpected collaborations becomes a necessity. We hope that a contemplative and spiritual space becomes more comfortable and accessible through our little response. "
The curve given luster to the main space is a geometric light made using thin Tom Dixon brand engraved sheet metal fabrication.
the co-working space is a permanent fixture in the church and will be available for people who live and work in the region as a way to increase engagement with the church. "the vision we have is to be a church where everyone feels welcome and appreciated if used to go to church or not," said Baughen. The soup kitchen that provided refreshments for visitors throughout the festival also will remain in place as part of the legacy of the event.
Alongside the permanent intervention of British design brand, which was created by its eponymous founder in 02, has been showing a fresh new collection debuted Milan. "Extraordinary volumes, the nooks and crannies of this classic 18th century church has allowed us to demonstrate our new lighting and furniture products against a series of historical backdrops."
Vial is a series of three pendant lights inspired by the geometry of glassware chemical laboratory-cylinder, sphere and cone working in mixed groups or arrangements more formal. "Every two components of wrinkled transparent glass lens that produces a series of concentric rings of light and a shade of black glass finish in the final oily iridescent color," said the designer. "Unfamiliar in contemporary interiors, luster and iridescence were very popular with ceramicists and glassmakers of period arts and crafts. Now that the latest technology allows us to create this effect in many new ways, they are set for a return ".
Fade is a light cannon blow molded polycarbonate. "His form teardrop focuses production of the bulb in a circle round and satisfyingly luminous, acting as the ultimate oversized projectors," says Tom Dixon. "The metallic finish is unusual because he graduated from fully reflective transparency in one melted along the lamp body. "St James Church is open 9:00 to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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