Friends and their wheels / pt.20: Tom Dixon

15 January 2010

I had a long-overdue lunch a couple of days ago with Tom Dixon. His office used to be near ours in Clerkenwell, East London. But he recently moved to West London in the former Virgin Records offices, and now occupies a stunning complex next to the canal, from which he runs his design empire with his usual phlegm and wit.

We interviewed Tom a while back, and from what I can remember his 1978 Moto Guzzi T3 California was in better shape at the time…

Now it seems a bit worse for wear – nice “custom” touches here I think:

Tom also has a 1949 Bentley Mark VI, which he’s currently turning into an electric vehicle. He’s now looking for batteries, so if you’re the heir to the Energizer family fortune, now is the time to show your generous side:

If you look closely in Tom’s portrait further up the page, you’ll notice a snowball in his hand. This was all part of a plan to engage into a gigantic office snowball fight, which I was drawn into:

The Bentley post-fight:

the office from outside:

Tom also publishes a kind of newspaper/magazine yearly:

Always a great and inspiring time to see Tom, even if after our Miami Beach jaunt, this lunch took place in a less warm and relaxed setting…

Previous Friends and their wheels:

pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4, pt.5, pt.6, pt.7, pt.7 v2.0, pt.8, pt.9, pt.10, pt.11, pt.12, pt.13, pt.14, pt.15, pt.16, pt.17, pt.18, pt.19