This volume covering Marc Newson's design career can, if you are ambitious enough, read like a catalog of how to live.Imagine waking up in the morning, taking a bath, drying your hair,getting dressed, putting on your glasses, spritzing yourself withperfume, sitting down to eat a breakfast of tea with eggs and toast,checking your watch, packing your suitcase, driving to the airport,catching a flight, and sailing off on a luxurious yacht. What'sremarkable about this scenario, aside from its opulence, is that everything in it could be a Newson design:the bed, bathtub, hair dryer, clothes, shoes, glasses, perfume bottle,electric kettle, teapot, toaster, skillet, spatula, cooktop, plates,utensils, watch, chair, table, lighting, suitcase, car, plane, and eventhe yacht. No project is too small or too great for Newson, and his career is a testament to what one person with limitless ambition, ingenuity, curiosity, and versatility can achieve.From mass-produced objects to limited-edition furniture toone-of-a-kind superworks, Newson has blurred boundaries, mapped newterritories, and risen to the top of his field in the process. To callthe contributions Newson has made to the design world groundbreaking andinfluential is hardly adequate-more accurately, his is now the benchmark against which other designers' work must inevitably be compared.This compact 45th anniversary edition covers Newson's works from 1984 to 2024, beginning with foundational early pieces such as the Pod of Drawers and the Lockheed Lounge(which has broken the world record for the highest price paid for apiece of furniture by a living designer), in encyclopedia-style entriesordered chronologically by category: Objects, Furniture, Interiors, Transport, and Jewelry & Timepieces. Each description explores the story behind and the making of the piece, and is amply furnished with quotes from the designer himself.The book is rounded out by a visual index of Newson's complete works, achronology of his life, a bibliography, and his exhibition history.
