Marc Andrew Newson was born on 20 October 1963 and is an Australian industrial designer who works in product design, furniture design, aircraft cabin design, jewellery design, and clothing.
21 Facts About Marc Newson
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Marc Newson's work is characterized by the use of smooth geometric lines, organic shapes, translucency, transparency, and the lack of sharp edges.
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Marc Newson moved to Paris in 1991 where he set up a studio.
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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 co-founded the Ikepod watch company in 1994, leaving the company in 2012.
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Marc Newson is currently adjunct professor in design at Sydney College of the Arts and is the creative director for Qantas.
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Marc Newson's work has become amongst the highest selling in auctions.
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Marc Newson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to design.
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Marc Newson received the museum's Collab Design Excellence Award on the same occasion.
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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, an independent design consultancy founded by Ive upon his departure from Apple.
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Marc Newson was born in Sydney, Australia on 20 October 1963 to Paul Marc Newson, an electrician and Carol.
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Marc Newson married Paul during the pregnancy, however Paul left the family soon after Marc was born.
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Marc Newson married Charlotte Stockdale, a fashion stylist, in 2008, and they have two children.
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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.
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Marc Newson designed the Qantas first class lounges in Melbourne and Sydney, as well as the invitation-only Chairman's Lounges.
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In 1995 Marc Newson designed Coast restaurant in London.
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Marc Newson was selected as the artistic director for the 2011 Sydney New Year's Eve fire work display.
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Marc Newson has designed homes for himself in Paris, London, the Cotswolds, and Greece.