Tom Dixon Wingback

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AN OLD CLASSIC REMASTERED

WINGBACK


”SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTS TEND TO HAVE A STRONG AND DISTINCTIVE SILHOUET TE AND WILL DO A DOUBLE JOB, WORKING AS A SCULPTURE AT THE SAME TIME AS A PRACTICAL PIECE OF FURNITURE.”


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Archetypal wingback chair

WINGBACK was first prototyped as one of several British club chair archetypes for the infamous Shoreditch House Members Club, a place where fun and work, drinking and

eating merge seamlessly. The original idea was to design 6 contemporary mismatching archetypical club chairs, full size silhouettes were sketched on oversize bits of wallpaper and cardboard maquettes cobbled up with glue guns before being prototyped by master upholsterer George Smith. The Wingback was the clear winner and made its debut in 2007. Wingbacks at Shoreditch House


MANUFACTURING

PROCESS 2007 The Wingback was launched and manufactured in Britain using traditional techniques – beech frame, steel coil springs, boar bristle and horse hair.

2015 The range was re-engineered and refined to give it an even more rakish silhouette, the ergonomics adjusted for more comfort and the manufacturing process modernised and moved to Europe – a metal frame, moulded hard foam, pocket sprung seat. A dining chair is added to the collection.


2016

2017

Following the opening of two new showrooms in the

10 years on, the Wingback took an Alice in Wonderland

United States the manufacturing of US Wingback was

shrinking position. It was re-scaled for the home and our

moved to America reducing costs and lead times. A

increasingly confined spaces to make the Micro Wingback.

long ottoman is added to the collection.


PROJECTS

Le Drugstore, Paris, 2017


Himitsu, Atlanta USA, 2016


The exaggerated proportions of the wing and the extravagant scale of the chair allow the sitter to be enthroned against a grand backdrop or completely hidden from view.


Alto, Hong Kong, 2016


Sandwich Cafe, Harrods, 2015 Mondrian, London, 2015


The Shop, Hong Kong 2017

Wingback installation, Milan 2015


Interchange Atrium, London, 2016



74/ 29.1"

100/ 39.4"

100/ 39.4"

55 / 21.7"

110 / 43.3"

WBC05BL WBC05NA WBC05C

73/ 28.7"

DINING CHAIR 47/ 18.5"

53/ 20.9"

59 / 23.2"

WBD01BL WBD01NA WBD01C

45.5 / 17.9"

WBL01BL WBL01NA WBL01C

73/ 28.7"

97/ 38.2"

45.5 / 17.9"

LONG OTTOMAN

MICRO CHAIR 43/ 16.9"

46.5 / 18.3"

WBC04BL WBC04NA WBC04C

WBS05BL WBS05NA WBS05C

132 / 51.9"

167.5 / 65.9"

CHAIR

MICRO SOFA 43 / 16.9"

46.5 / 18.3"

100 / 39.3"

75 / 29.5"

104 / 40.9"

WBS04BL WBS04NA WBS04C

128 / 50.4"

SOFA

128/ 50.4"

WINGBACK FA M I LY

55 / 21.7"

OTTOMAN WBO01BL WBO01NA WBO01C

FABRICS: Kvadrat including Raf Simons exclusives · Febrik · Elmo and Elmo Nubuck Leather · COM LEGS: Black oak · Natural oak · Copper plated steel


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