Interview with British Contemporary Furniture Designer Tom Faulkner

Celebrated British designer, Tom Faulkner, designs and makes exquisite and distinctive furniture and accessories. Tom’s show-stopping pieces are loved worldwide – by private clients and professional interior designers alike, and his furniture is equally at home in either modern or traditional settings.

Says Tom:  "I believe in the richness of visual simplicity: there might often be complex geometry at work but most of what I create looks strong, clean and unfussy. The quality of any piece is in the line, proportion, and detail.”

Tom Faulkner is a master of the simple but striking form. His approach to design can be summed up by two phrases attributed to the great architect Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe: ‘Less is more’, and ‘God is in the details’. Everything in the Tom Faulkner collection is made by hand in Tom’s own workshop in Wiltshire, UK. The workshop is home to a team of exceptionally skilled and dedicated welders, finishers, painters, and cabinet makers. Several of them have worked for Tom for many years.

The hallmarks of Tom Faulkner furniture include strong silhouettes, recurring motifs and finishes that bring out the beauty of the underlying materials. These features, in combination with Tom’s fascination with classical geometry, give the pieces a timeless, elemental quality.

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