Marc Newson

Art Brokerage: Marc Newson Australian Artist: b. 1963. Marc Newson was born Sydney, Australia, in 1963. In 1984, he graduated Sydney College of the Arts, Jewellery and Sculpture. In 1986 Marc was awarded a grant from the Australian Crafts Council, and staged a first exhibition - featuring the Lockheed Lounge - at the Roslyn Oxley Gallery in Sydney. He designed first of the pod series of watches. In 1987 Marc moved to Tokyo, where he lived and worked until 1991. Teruo Kurosaki's company, Idée, manufactured such pieces as the orgone lounge, black hole table and felt chair, which were widely exhibited in Asia and Europe. For Idée he also created the Charlotte chair and super guppy lamp. Marc Newson is known for his funkily futuristic, but technically rigorous approach to design. He has worked from studios in Tokyo, Paris and, now, London, to design everything from a private jet to a Ford car. Listings wanted.