Marc Newson’s complete works to date
Art Edition limited to 100 copies (No. 1–100), featuring leather marquetry on the cover and a Micarta slipcase designed by Marc Newson and Richard Allan
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 interior of Qantas’s A380 and the Aquariva boat.
- Encyclopedia-style entries, arranged chronologically in 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 interview by Louise Neri
Contributing authors: Laszlo Adams, Nicholas Foulkes, Louise Neri, and Alice Rawsthorn
The designer
Born in Sydney, Australia, Marc Newson studied jewelry and sculpture at Sydney College of the Arts before moving to Tokyo. Now living and working in London, Newson has become one of the world’s most accomplished and influential designers. He has forged innovative partnerships with brands such as Apple, Nike, Dom Pérignon, and Louis Vuitton, and his work has been featured at The Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and Centre Pompidou, among others.
The editor and author
Alison Castle received a BA in philosophy from Columbia University and an MA in photography and film from NYU/International Center of Photography. She is editor of photography, film, and design titles, including Some Like It Hot, The Stanley Kubrick Archives, Linda McCartney. Life in Photographs, and Marc Newson. Works.
Marc Newson. Works. Art Edition
Edition of 100
Hardcover with leather inlay in Micarta slipcase, 13 x 17.3 in., 34.04 lb, 610 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-1171-1
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
