1. Marc Newson's work is primarily characterized by smooth geometric lines, organic shapes, an absence of sharp edges, and the use of transparency and translucency.
19 Facts About Marc Newson
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Marc Newson was born in Sydney, Australia on 20 October 1963 to Carol and Paul Marc Newson, an electrician.
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Carol was 19 years old when she was pregnant with Marc Newson, and married Paul during the pregnancy.
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However, Paul left the family soon after Marc Newson was born, and Carol moved back into her parents' house to raise Marc Newson.
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Marc Newson studied jewelry design and sculpture the Sydney College of the Arts, and graduated in 1984.
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In 1986 Marc Newson was awarded a grant from the Australian Crafts Council and staged his first exhibition at Roslyn Oxley9 gallery, which featured the LC1, the first iteration of an idea that was later developed by Marc Newson into the Lockheed Lounge in 1988.
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Marc Newson describes his 1988 Embryo Chair as "one of the first pieces where I hit upon a discernible style".
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Marc Newson moved to Paris in 1991, where he set up a studio.
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Marc Newson co-founded the Ikepod watch company in 1994, leaving the company in 2012.
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Marc Newson has served as an adjunct professor of design at Sydney College of the Arts and as creative director for Qantas.
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Marc Newson was hired by Jony Ive and joined Apple as a senior vice president of design in September 2014.
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In June 2019, Marc Newson joined LoveFrom, a design consultancy founded by Ive upon his departure from Apple.
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Marc Newson has been represented by Galerie kreo, in Paris, since the year 2000.
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Marc Newson is the only industrial designer represented by the Larry Gagosian gallery.
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Marc Newson received the museum's Collab Design Excellence Award on the same occasion.
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Marc Newson's work has become amongst the highest selling in auctions.
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Marc Newson's forms are often imitated, but what other designers seldom imitate is his preoccupation with materials and processes.
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In 2013, Ive and Marc Newson collaborated on an auction at Sotheby's for Bono's Product Red charity.
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Marc Newson's work has been exhibited in both group exhibitions and in solo shows, with the most recent one being At Home, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.