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Designer Kim Thomé hasn’t defined his practice to one type of work as yet, so he does it all – interiors, installations, furniture and products.

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Words by Emily Martin

Who

London-based designer Kim Thomé’s collaboration with Swarovski, for the 2015 London Design Festival’s Landmark project at the V&A, was certainly a headline-grabbing moment.

Lump Candle Holder A simple solid brass candleholder made from stock profile brass section, it features an offset hole exposing the candle’s usually unseen end

Zotem, an 18m-tall, double-sided monolith embedded with more than 600 bespoke Swarovski crystals, is just one of the wide-ranging projects that makes up the Norwegian’s portfolio. ‘I do a spectrum of projects,’ he says.

‘It includes interiors, installations, furniture and products. I haven’t really defined my practice to one type of work.’

Zotem, Thomé’s largest project to date, was a collaboration with Swarovski at the V&A for last year’s LDF. It is a towering totem clad in crystals, which interact with colours in the structure, thereby creating a kaleidoscopic effect.

Why

A graduate of the Royal College of Art in 2012, Thomé had previously studied graphic design. ‘I really enjoyed it but I felt it was too flat and I really wanted to be creative on a three dimensional scale’, he says. ‘So I started studying furniture design, which I felt was a good solution.’

A-Frame Mirror designed by Thomé for installation at the William Bennington Gallery. The mirror is held in place by two pieces of walnut without the use of any fixings or glue

London Ash – a wall-mounted ashtray – was the first product he co-produced after graduating. It was as the introduction of the smoking ban in public spaces came into effect and some 400 units were sold. This year he says a few projects are ‘in the pipeline’, without being specific, and that he intends to carry on with ideas both small and large.

Where
www.kimthome.com