Marc Newson at the Groninger Museum

Just back from his latest project, a concept jet developed for the Fondation Cartier (Domus n. 867), Australian designer Marc Newson (born in Sydney in 1963) features in a new exhibition at the Groninger Museum in Holland. On show is a wide collection that illustrates his eclectic career as a designer: furniture, lamps, bicycles, watches and kitchen utensils, and also a Falcon jet, a concept car for Ford and a revolutionary seat/bed for Quantas Airline’s business class.

“The thing that has always driven me as a designer,” he says, “is feeling pissed off by the shitty stuff around me and wanting to make it better.” E.S.

23.5.2004 - 5.9.2004
Marc Newson
Groninger Museum
Museumeiland 1, Groningen
T +31-50-3666555
http://www.groninger-museum.nl
021C, concept car, Ford Motor Company, 1999
021C, concept car, Ford Motor Company, 1999
Kelvin 40, concept jet, Fondation Cartier, 2004
Kelvin 40, concept jet, Fondation Cartier, 2004
Skybed, business class seat, Qantas, 2003
Skybed, business class seat, Qantas, 2003

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