Marc Newson

by Castle, Alison; Neri, Louise (CON); Rawsthorn, Alice (CON); Foulkes, Nicholas (CON); Adams, Laszlo (CON)

• ISBN13: 9783836508070
• ISBN10: 3836508079
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-01
• Publisher: Taschen America Llc

Summary

Marc Newson's complete works to date He has designed chairs, restaurants, boutiques, cars, planes, and even a spaceship. For Australian industrial designer Marc Newson, the sky is no limit. From mass-produced objects to limited edition furniture to fashion, Newson has blurred boundaries, mapped new territories, and made himself an international superstar. This comprehensive tome leaves no stone unturned in cataloguing all of Newson's works to date, from early pieces such as Lockheed Lounge (which holds the world record for the highest price paid for a piece of designer furniture, at over two million dollars) through designs of household objects and more recent, large scale projects such as the Ford 021C concept car, the Kelvin40 plane, the interior of Qantas's A380, and the Aquariva boat. Encyclopedia-style entries, arranged chronologically by categories: Furniture, Objects, Interiors and Architecture, Timepieces and Jewelry, Transport, and Unreleased Projects Extended, in-depth case studies for a selection of Newson's most important projects: the Kelvin40 plane, Qantas Airbus A380, Gagosian art editions, Ford 021C, Ikepod watches, and Aquariva Boat Visual index cataloguing Newson's complete works Exclusive, in-depth interview by Louise Neri Contributing authors: Laszlo Adams, Nicholas Foulkes, Louise Neri, and Alice Rawsthorn The Collector's Edition ( No. 1011,100) is limited to 1,000 numbered and signed copies, each in a linen-covered slipcase.