After studying Furniture and Product Design at Nottingham Trent University Alexander started his career working on the furniture collection at Procter-Rihl. After eighteen months here he moved to architecture practice MCD and in July 2002 Alexander decided to realise his own designs and set up his own studio.

Alexander's Clearcut Chair, launched at 100% Design 2001, was internationally acclaimed and a finalist at the 2001 FX awards. Taylor also exhibited at Sotheby's and at the Milan Furniture fair that year. In 2003 Alexander was commissioned by Alexander McQueen to design 'Look Book' cases for all his new stores and was selected by Max Fraser to feature in the influential DESIGN UK 2 publication. Later that year he opened his studio at Oxo Tower Wharf on London's South Bank making his range of innovative furniture and lighting available to a wider audience.

Milan 2004 was the first international launch of the 'Antlers' coat hook for London manufacturer Thorsten van Elten along with a glass vase commissioned and designed for an exhibition organised by the Italian company Aqua di Parma. The Antlers coat hanger has since gone on to win the Elle Decoration Home Accessory of the Year Award. 2004 also saw the Launch of new work produced by Japanese manufacturer E&Y. This work was launched in Tokyo during Design Week as well as a folded aluminium light (included in the 'Twinkle Twinkle' show organised by the British Council).

At 100% Design 2005, Hitch Mylius launched Alexander Taylor's hm44, lounge chair, to great acclaim.