Marc Newson's comprehensively captured in stunning new book
With the print industry flailing around like a boozy reveller in a deceptively deep fountain, you might think that publishers would be keen to snare buyers with cut-price offers. Not so over at Taschen where bigger is better as exemplified by their gorgeous new Marc Newson monograph, a 610-page behemoth, the special edition of which retails at a cool £3,500 (regular edition £650).
But if you’re going to go big, then it makes sense to take on a talent as immense as Marc Newson. The Australian-born London based designer is undoubtedly one of the industry’s genuine superstars – in 2005 he was named by TIME as one of the most influential people in the world. From furniture to fashion, shops to a spaceship (I know!) it’s all here to be pored and purred over and it’s an important record of a hugely significant design figure.
Taschen: Marc Newson Works
Marc Newson: Embryo Chair (1988) (Copyright Fabrice Gousset)
Marc Newson: Gagosian Shows (2007/2008) (Copyright Larry Lamay/Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery)
Marc Newson: Orgone Stretch and Lounge (1993) (Copyright Fabrice Gousset/Courtesy of Galerie Kreo)
Marc Newson: Ikepod Case Study Hemipode (1998) (Copyright Philippe Joner, blacksquare.ch)
Marc Newson: Case Study Ford 021C (1999) (Copyright Tom Vack)
Marc Newson: Lockheed Lounge (1988) (Copyright Karin Catt)
Marc Newson: Zvezdochka Sneaker (2004) (Copyright Fabrice Gousset )
Marc Newson: Digital Camera (2012) (Copyright Philippe Joner, blacksquare.ch)
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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.