The playful Mirror Ball Lamp (2003) by Tom Dixon evokes comparisons to the appearance of a bubble hovering above the floor. And indeed, the comparison is not too distant from how the design is made. Blown like a bubble into a mold, the plastic sphere is then given a real chrome metal interior for a highly reflective, mirrored finish. The process is technically complex, requiring a vacuum metallization process that Dixon has developed over a number of years, as well as specialized machinery and an ultra-clea…read more