Marc Newson
Created the Lockheed Lounge chair and designed everything from Qantas cabins to watches with sculptural, liquid-metal forms.
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Marc Newson, the Australian industrial designer born in 1963, has spent decades redefining form and function with his signature liquid-metal aesthetic. His Lockheed Lounge chair, a piece that appears like a stream of mercury frozen in motion, showcases his relentless pursuit of sculptural fluidity. Newson has infused this same molten elegance into Qantas airplane interiors, luxury watches, and more, consistently pushing the limits of industrial design by transforming the utilitarian into art without sacrificing functionality.
His Lockheed Lounge looks like mercury frozen mid-pour, and he's spent a career smuggling that same molten curve into airplanes, bottles, and anything else that will hold still.
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Marc Newson
profileIndustrial Design
Created the Lockheed Lounge chair and designed everything from Qantas cabins to watches with sculptural, liquid-metal forms.
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