This week, the Lockheed Lounge by Australian designer Marc Newson has retained its title as the world\u2019s most expensive design object, after fetching \u00a32,434,500 in a sale at auction house Phillips in London.<\/p>\n
Newson\u2019s aluminium and fiberglass chaise longue, designed in 1990, was first brought to fame when Madonna reclined in it in the video for her 1993 single \u201cRain\u201d. The origins of the chair, however, date back to 1986, when Newson showed an early version of it at Sydney\u2019s Roslyn Oxley Gallery.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was designing furniture as sculpture at the beginning of my career,\u201d Newson says. Since his beginnings in the early 1980s, when he first started creating sculptural furniture pieces by hand-welding metal, Newson has gone on to design pretty much everything for some of the biggest brands around the world: now a designer for Apple, he still runs his London studio.<\/p>\n
Newson\u2019s product design spans fashion, technology and furniture\u2014a deliberately broad array of areas that, ultimately, aligns with his fervent desire to bring style to everyday consumer products.<\/p>\n
And working across industries gives Newson a finer appreciation of the creative and technical processes involved in creating vastly different products. \u201cFrankly speaking, the design industry is really pathetic in terms of how it approaches manufacturing and how it brings things to market,\u201d Newson has said in the past, highlighting the fashion industry\u2019s strictly adhered to seasonal schedules as an example of efficient execution.<\/p>\n
Newson\u2019s obsession with high quality tools permeates through his simple, but elegant and unobtrusive designs: whether it\u2019s a pen or a pair of glasses.<\/p>\n
His latest design? You may have heard of something called the Apple Watch. Available to customers as of last week, the Watch is Apple\u2019s first new product category since the first iPad was introduced more than 4 years ago. Available in Sport, regular and \u201cEdition\u201d editions (the latter ranges in price from $10,000-20,000), the Watch is a triumph of both form and function.<\/p>\n
Below, we revisit some of Newson\u2019s most iconic designs, for some of the world\u2019s most iconic brands.<\/p>\n
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Lockheed Lounge<\/p><\/div>\n
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Apple Watch Edition<\/p><\/div>\n
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Louis Vuitton Monogram Backpack<\/p><\/div>\n
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Hermes Nautilus Pen<\/p><\/div>\n
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Dom Perignon Kyoto Champagne Cooler<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week, the Lockheed Lounge by Australian designer Marc Newson has retained its title as the world\u2019s most expensive design object,<\/p>\n\t\t