Marc Newson

Industrial designer and new recruit of Apple Inc, Marc Newson, 50, on being inspired by the things he hates

Is there anything Marc Newson hasn’t designed? As we sat in the Design Museum in London’s Shad Thames on a humid summer evening, perched on the Jetson-style Orgone chairs he knocked up in 1993, surrounded by the latest in a series of G-Star Raw jeans collections he has rolled out every season for 10 years, with the man of the hour wearing said collection and a watch he designed for Jaeger-LeCoultre, it seemed an obvious question.

Shoes (for Nike), aeroplane interiors (for Qantas), pens (for Hermès), surfboards, spectacles, sofas, perfume bottles, beer kegs – all are on the list. Not for nothing is the Australian-born Newson one of the most influential designers in the world. In 2009 he also became one of its highest-paid, when his Lockheed Lounge chaise-longue was sold for $1.6 million (£1 million), breaking all auction records for a living designer.....Continue Reading

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