British designer Tom Dixon released his first tile collection for Bisazza. This Italian brand is associated by many above all with a luxurious mosaic (which is quite true), but it develops other interesting trends. In particular, floor cement tiles.

Clear modern geometry is connected with the ancient technology of cement tile - a trendy mix in the spirit of the times. The author of the collection has mastered various shades of brick - a material from which many houses in the British capital are made. Some of the ornaments create the effect of volume, referring to the style of op-art. The cracked old slabs that pave the streets of London have become a fruitful source of inspiration for Dixon. The cracked old slabs of London streets became a source of inspiration for Dixon. Tile with a pattern is proposed to be diluted monotone. Gray in its various shades is one of the defining colors of the collection. The tile format is 20 x 20 cm, but the program allows you to create a fairly large ornament.

Cement coating with bright handmade ornament has been produced for centuries in Tunisia, Morocco, Spain. In European interiors, until recently, such tiles were used exclusively to create ethnic flair. Today, against the backdrop of global interest in craftsmanship, the ancient product is reverted to a new status - fashionable decoration. In this great merit of the brand Bisazza and the stars she invited. India Madavi, Paola Navone, Jaime Aion, Patricia Urquiola and other designers combined ancient technology with modern ornaments.

Dixon tiles look good in spacious city lofts, combined with a rough, unvarnished texture on the walls.

This year is the turn of Tom Dixon. The author was inspired by his native London, architecture and texture of the city with a thousand-year history. Brickwork, cracked slabs and asphalt, pavement paving stones, concrete walls with inclusions of pebbles — everything that was imprinted in the designer’s memory transformed into geometric patterns. In total, Dixon created 12 versions in various palettes. Formats: square 20 x 20, hexagon 20 x 23 cm. The release of the collection is timed to the 10th anniversary of the Bisazza showroom in the British capital.

57-year-old Tom Dixon strongly supports his reputation as a designer, master of industrial chic.

Dixon is undoubtedly one of the most famous modern designers. Meanwhile, he has no special education, he proudly calls himself “self-taught” (self-taught man). Born in Tunisia, at the age of four he moved with his parents to England, studied at an art school, played a bass guitar in a rock band ... And then he broke his arm and had to forget about his career as a musician. But there was an interest in ... scrap metal, which was then enough for the streets of London. From it, Dixon began creating sculptures, actually turning iron into gold. Tom's first studio was called: Creative Salvage ("Creative Disposal"). He arranged a kind of performance, publicly making objects using a welding machine. Then plastic went into action: Dixon poured the granules into a special unit, from where they turned into a softened mass and came out in the form of a pliable “macaroni”, which the master wound into blanks. When the plastic cooled, the blanks were removed and the openwork vases, containers, and chairs remained - a fascinating sight!

The tile creates an active surface: the floor with which it is finished becomes the dominant of the interior, which means it requires neutral walls.

Since 2002, the designer has been working under his own brand Tom Dixon. He also served as an director at Habitat and presented a second life to the remarkable Artek brand, which Alvar Aalto himself founded in the 1930s. Today, Dixon designs the interiors of Jamie Oliver’s restaurant and hotel for the Morgans Hotel Group, its design items can be seen in many museums around the world, particularly in London’s Victoria and Albert and MOMA in New York. Of the things, perhaps, his lamps are best known. Recognizable hanging models made of copper, brass, steel (Dixon's love for metal is eternal!) Is a great example of how brutal industrial style can be married with a suite, and utilitarian items can be made beautiful and bright. The collection for Bisazza is another clear evidence of this.