Tom Dixon Hydro Chair, Limited Edition

Tom Dixon Hydro Chair.

HYDRO is a limited-edition chair created in collaboration with HYDRO, the biggest aluminium producer in the world. The HYDRO chair is an innovation in aluminium technology. It has been blow-formed (through a process called Superplastic Forming) at high temperatures and then laser cut by robots. These methods were developed in the automotive industries to make deep and complex forms that were impossible to achieve a few years ago. The ballooned pattern gives strength and rigidity and lends a soft and humorous pop sensibility to the lightweight and shiny metal sheet.

Note: Each chair is marked with a limited edition number and comes with a certificate signed by Tom Dixon.

Useable indoors and out, its extreme lightness and stackability make it not just a desirable sculpture but also a highly practical chair. Manufactured in Canada by sub-suppliers to Tesla, the HYDRO chair is one hundred per cent recyclable.

Dimensions: Depth 61, width 52, height 85, seat height 40 cm. Weight 2,8 Kg. Warranty 3 years, Country of Manufacturer Canada, Colour Silver, Material: Base material aluminium, top material aluminium

About the designer: 

Designer Tom Dixon was born on May 21, 1959 in Sfax, Tunisia. In 1963 his family moved to England. After high school, Dixon attended Chelsea School of Art for a short while before quitting and making his living as a musician in a band and by doing odd jobs. In the early 1980s, he began producing chairs welded together from everyday items he had salvaged - and with rapidly growing success.

Dixon gained fame as an industrial designer in 1991 with his "S Chair" for Cappellini. Other luminaires designs followed, sometimes with an experimental look, his "Pylon Chair" and "Jack", a lighting and seating object. In 1998 he was appointed Head of Design and later Creative Director by the home furnishing chain Habitat, where he worked until 2008. At the same time, he founded the brand "Tom Dixon" in 2002. The brand first attracted attention with "Fresh Fat", a range of plastic furniture. From 2004 to 2009, Dixon was creative director for the Finnish furniture manufacturer Artek. His "Copper Shade" lighting range dates back to 2005 - it would become one of Dixon's most popular designs. In 2006 the series “Beat” luminaires followed. In 2007 he designed the furniture for the exclusive club "Shoreditch House" in London. and later he came up with the "Melt" series of pendant lamps, the metal cladding of which was applied using the PVD surface coating technology.