UK Designer Extraordinaire Tom Dixon Drops into Inform Interiors on Saturday
By Seattle Mag February 26, 2014
!–paging_filter–pstrongTom Dixon /stronghas left hisnbsp;mod mark from Amsterdam to Barcelona, as well as, most recently, in Paris’ trés swanky Eclectic Restaurant (see it a href=”http://www.tomdixon.net/news/eclectic-restaurant-launches“here/a). strongOn Saturday (3/1), 5-8 p.m./strong, Dixon stops at Seattle’snbsp;stronga href=”http://informseattle.com“Inform Interiors/a/strongnbsp;(South Lake Union, 300 Dexter Ave. N; 206.622.1608)nbsp;as part of his new North American tour. The self-taught designer will chat about design, showcase new furnishings and sign his new book, ema href=”http://www.tomdixon.net/news/2013/06/tom-launches-his-new-book-dixonary“Dixonary/a/em.nbsp;RSVP at: a href=”mailto:info@informseattle.com“info@informseattle.com/a./p
pimg src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/23c605f2-8ef7-40ae-b16f-a12b8f1890bc_0.jpg” alt=”Tom Dixon brass beat lights” style=”margin: 10px;” height=”290″ width=”400″/p
pSpace is very limited, so if you can’t find a seat, you can always stop in to browse Dixon’s latest looks—such as his strongBeatnbsp;Brass Lights/strongnbsp;(above) or strongY Chair/strong (below)—which were put out on Inform’s floor today. (Outside of London, Inform is the first store to carry these works.)/p
pimg src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/9591d921-0467-420f-bc4c-b222d9a55f19_0.jpg” alt=”Tom Dixon Y chair” height=”290″ width=”400″/p
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