As Milan Design Week 2025 kicks off, British designer Tom Dixon has unveiled an expansive vary of brand name new and acquainted lighting designs, additional exploring Dixon’s play with distorted types and extremely reflective and refracted surfaces. Main the AW25 line-up are debut releases for the WHIRL and SOFT traces, adopted by continuations of beforehand launched traces together with POSE, MELT, and PRESS.
With the WHIRL assortment, Dixon evokes conventional Italian glass-blowing strategies and references to the Op-Artwork motion. Characterised by organically curving textures, the outstanding orbs of the WHIRL line are imagined in varied finishes, together with clear glass with chrome bases and bronze glass with black bases. The silhouette is evocative of the favored MELT assortment, which is widely known with a Bronze and Dichroic version for the tenth anniversary.
Departing from Dixon’s reflective and metal-focused designs, the brand new SOFT line makes use of an ultra-matte spray textile paying homage to conventional paper lanterns. Utilized to a novel circle-pattern body echoing molecular and crystalline formations, the lanterns are directly a nostalgic and recent addition to Dixon’s assortment. Additionally including a softer glow to the road, the AW25 launch consists of frosted variants of the PRESS line, together with the Sphere Pendants, Mini Floor Lights, and Desk Lights. Lastly, Dixon expands on the present POSE Moveable and Activity Lights, with POSE Floor Lights and Pendants, out there in Silver, Kelp, and Putty.
Along with lighting, the model introduces residence equipment, specializing in tonal patterns and buildable design. Boasting tonal and textural stripes in burgundy, blue, and cream, the Ridge Cushions and Band Throws use refined traces to deliver depth to styled areas.
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