This volume features a dynamic body of work from Marc Newson. Combining his personal archive of sketches and plans with specially commissioned computer-rendered images, the book offers insight into the mind of this designer. The introduction traces the development of Newson's visual language, inspired by such influences as the architecture of Richard Neutra, Aston Martin sports cars and the films of Stanley Kubrick.
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The impact of computer renderings of beautiful images can hardly be overestimated, and this book uses them to blistering effect. It's an exploration of the ouevre of Australian-born, London-based industrial designer Marc Newson, with art director Richard Allan reproducing every image digitally with the help of designer Nicholas Register.
Marc Newson has created everything from airplanes, bicycles and even a concept car for Ford (sadly not in the book) to shampoo bottles for Vidal Sassoon. He designed Simon Le Bon's Syn recording studio in Tokyo; he converted a Volvo factory into the Coast restaurant; and he's produced household objects--dishdrainers and coat hooks, often with the use of computerised rapid prototyping--for the likes of Magis and Alessi. Most recently he's designed the lighting on the Sydney Opera House for the forthcoming opening and closing Olympic ceremonies.
Newson's work might, it is true, be equally impressive if sketched roughly in crayon on old whiskey boxes, but it looks even more stunning in the colours and finishes achieved by Allan and Register, with witty captioning using Newson's own offhand remarks. And if you don't simply adore a book that comes in an embossed clear plastic sleeve, it is respectfully suggested you seek professional help immediately. --Liz Bailey
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Marc Newson is one of today's most exciting designers.
At 35, Marc Newson has worked for clients all over the world from studios in Sydney, Tokyo, Paris and London. His work has been chosen for permanent collections in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Design Museum in London and Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
At 35, Marc Newson has worked for clients all over the world from studios in Sydney, Tokyo, Paris and London. His work has been chosen for permanent collections in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Design Museum in London and Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
His work includes designs for major companies such as Alessi, B&BItalia, Capellini, Flos, Iittala and Magis; watches for Ikepod of Switzerland; the interiors for Coast restaurant in London, Mash & Air in Manchester and Syn recording studio in Tokyo; as well as a bicycle, a private jet and a commission for a major automotive manufacturer.
This, his first book, features a dynamic body of work that includes some of our era’s most iconic designs. Combining Newson’s personal archive of sketches and plans with specially commissioned computer-rendered images created on state-of-the-art software, it gives a unique insight into the mind of this extraordinary designer who is increasingly recognised as a true original.
The book includes an incisive introduction by Alice Rawsthorn, the Financial Times journalist and contributing editor of Wallpaper*, which traces the development of Newson’s distinctive visual language, inspired by such idiosyncratic influences as the architecture of Richard Neutra, Aston Martin sports cars and the films of Stanley Kubrick.
Designed by graphic designer Richard Allan, in collaboration with Marc Newson, this publication is itself a classic, with groundbreaking digital images and packaged in its own Newson-designed blow-moulded plastic slipcase.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
This is a beautifully designed review of Newson's work up to the end of the 90's. It is a large format book allowing the use of large, well shot photos of the products he has designed. In addition to a brief but interesting bio of Newson, most products also have a commentary from the man himself, giving an insight into the design. At the end there is a useful description of each product, including the manufacturer.
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will do, until better comes along
22 May 2000
By Adam Greenfield
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
You've heard all the superlatives, and mostly, they're true: the bar-, glass-, plane-, car-, bike-, chair-, watch-, pod-designing Newson *is* all that and two bags of chips. You'd have to go back to greats like Raymond Loewy or Norman Bel Geddes to find someone who has so unerringly worked out a design vocabulary in so many different realms, and he's done it all by his late 30's. The problem is that he's still waiting for someone to come along and attempt to challenge that vocabulary in print - prise it apart and see what makes it tick.
This book, very unfortunately, is not that. What it is, is an extremely pretty and overpackaged walkthrough of his major work, and as such it's a joy to leaf through - good to have simply for putting all these projects together in one place. The real upside of this is that it enables the casual fan to see for the first time the seamless and almost-obsessive way Newson uses form: the same shape, here a chair, there a doorstop.
We'll be wrestling with Marc's work for the next forty years, so there's still time, but I had expected more from this book.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
First catalogue of Newson's work
23 Mar 2001
By Shah Abdul-Wahid
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
As Australia's most influential designer, Marc Newson has come along way from humble beginnings in Sydney. Shy and unassuming, Marc is a creative force at work. As a design addict of Marc's industrial design, the book serves as an almost complete catalogue of his works up to its publication. It opens up a new avenue to track down manufacturers and collect objects and furniture, so in that respect it is a useful reference.
The book, like Marc's work, is slick and enticing. The slip-case is gorgeous, designed by Marc, and the glossy pages beautifully put together.
If, like me, you are a die-hard Newson fan, you will have this book already ... but for all those people who are new to Marc's work and contemplating purchasing this book (having read all the other amazon.com reviews about how it lacks substance) like Wallpaper* magazine it's a beautifully bound publication that just, frankly, looks fantastic.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not comprehensive only skims the surface
11 April 2000
By Ronald Clark
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Format:Paperback
If you only casually follow his career you've seen all this work before. There are no real insights into his process, just a bunch of glossy computer renderings done in Form-Z with no depth. Go to a library and look for back issues of DOMUS magazine. They've done much more in depth articles on Newson's work. This book is a marketing brochure.
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