MARC ANDREW NEWSON
Marc Andrew Newson is an Australian designer born in Sidney in 1963. As he was a child he used to travel to Europe and Asia, and since he was a student, he has began experimentations with design pieces of furniture. After having graduated he got a grant by the Craft Council of Australia, which gave him the possibility to realize his first exhibition. Marc Newson has lived and worked in Tokyo, Paris and London, where he still works and lives. Even though, he continues travelling a lot because of his many international cooperation. During his professional career he has created and designed every kind of object: pieces of furniture, pieces of bikes and cars, aircrafts, yachts, sculptures as well as buildings for clients from all over the world. Among his clients there are a series of the most famous and prestigious brands of the world, which are involved in the production and in the technology of luxury goods, fashion, and so on… Marc Newson is one of the main characters in the world of industrial design, and has been rewarded with many International rewards. He was named Royal Designer for Industry in the UK, he got a honorary PhD by the Sydney University, and he is professor at the Sydney College of the Arts and at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.