LSAD

LECTURE-08
(CONTEMPORARY INTERIOR DESIGN)

LEARNING OUTCOME
To make the students understand the ideas , the design
concepts and the ideology of MARC NEWSON and to remold
their ideas into your ideas.

https://discoveringdesigners.weebly.com/about-marc-newson.html
 WHAT WE DID IN PREVIOUS LECTURE…?

1. List out the features of furniture designed by Frank O Gehry. Support your
answer with relevant sketches.
2. List out the materials used for furniture making by Frank Gehry
3. What is corrugated cardboard?
4. What is an edge board?
5. What do you understand by “Easy Edges”?
6. Why Gehry prefered to work with edge board for furniture making? Support
your answer with relevant sketches.
7. Draw a detail sketch of a.) Wiggle Chair b.) Easy Chair
8. What is wooven wooden furniture ?
9. Collection of bentwood furniture or ribbon like designs
• Cross check chair
• Hat trick chair
• High sticking chair
• Power play chair
• Face off table
 BIOGRAPHY......

Marc Andrew Newson is an industrial designer who works in

 product design,
 furniture design,
 aircraft design,
 jewellery and
 clothing design

Born: October 20, 1963 , Sydney, Australia

Education: Sydney College of the Arts

 He uses a style known as Biomorphism

 BIOGRAPHY......

•Biomorphism is an art movement that began in the 20th century.

•Biomorphic comes from combining the Greek words ‘bios’, meaning life, and
‘morphe’, meaning form.
•It involves taking naturally occurring patterns or shapes in nature and combining
those with creative design elements to produce functional devices.

https://designhistorykingscliff.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/biomorphism-its-the-way-it-has-to-be/
 BIOGRAPHY......

 Marc is one of the most important and influential designers of his generation.

 In the 1990s he set up his Paris studio, where he designed objects like
lighting equipment, furniture, clocks, restaurants and even a recording studio
and many more…

 In 1997 he moved to London, where he created Marc Newson Ltd, a studio

equipped to deal with the most ambitious industrial projects.

 Since then, he has created objects in

 glass,
 kitchens and bathroom accessories,
 furniture,
 decorative items and
 home lighting, etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfAPddHSa9Y
BIOGRAPHY......

 Other designs have included

• bicycles,
• vehicle prototypes,
• aeroplane seats and interiors,
• sets of kitchen utensils,
• bathrooms.

His most recent work ranges from models for

• mobile telephones,
• shoes,
• collections of clothes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Om-23ybp4M
 LOCKHEED LOUNGE…..

Designed in 1990, the Lockheed Lounge is one of Newson's most famous early
works.

The chaise longue is formed from thin plates of aluminium welded side by
side, with rivets beside the seams.

 The metal curves around a body made from

•fibreglass-reinforced
•plastic and
•feet of its 3 legs are coated in rubber.

the continuous curves are chieved by a

fibreglass frame covered with aluminium panels.

 The Lockheed Lounge retained its title as the

world's most expensive design object, after selling for more than £2 million.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoS71sBKESI
LOCKHEED LOUNGE…..

RIVET- an ornament consisting of a

circular protuberance.

rivets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoS71sBKESI
 NIMROD CHAIR…

Nimrod chair is a classic example of

Newson's unique vision for everyday living.

Known for his fun, style comprised of flowing

lines and bold colors,

 The frame is made of moulded polyethylene

and the cushions in expanded polyurethane.
 MICARTA CHAIR…..
Marc Newson designed the Micarta Chair
in 2007 for Gagosian Gallery in New York.

Made from a material known as Micarta i.e a natural

material.

Low chair machined from a linen phenolic composite.

linen phenolic sheet is an electrical grade, high strength composite that consists of phenolic resin
impregnated into layers of woven linen fabric.
 MICARTA CHAIR…..

Micarta is a natural material that is sensitive to

ultra-violet light.

Micarta refers to a rigid composite material

made from laminated paper, fiberglass, cloth,
impregnated with a plastic resin.

It is commonly used as an electrical insulator

and as a tool handle, particularly for knives.

It‟srich tones will deepen with prolonged

exposure.
 Black hole CARBON FIBER TABLE….

Newson designed an early production of the

100% carbon fiber black hole table in 1988,
but it didn‟t live up to his standards.

Finally in 2006, Marc was able to perfect the

design and manufacturing process, and created
ten tables.

The table has an interesting design, making

use of solely three legs, and a triangular
shape on top.

Being all one piece, the manufacturing process

must have been so difficult to perfect.
 ORGONE STRETCH LOUNGE & CHAIR

Material used is polished & painted aluminium

ORGONE STRETCH LOUNGE & CHAIR
 EMBRYO CHAIR designed in 1988

The „Embryo‟ represents an important milestone in Newson‟s career a

s
honored with RED DOT DESIGN AWARD.

Chair constructed of neoprene and polyurethane on a steel frame and is

formed in one piece, the back tapering to a waist before widening out into
the seat.

The swelling contours are contained

within a skin of bright colored neoprene.

The chair is shaped in a fluid biomorphic

form with the back and seat forming one
amoeba shaped piece.

https://collection.maas.museum/object/86626
 EMBRYO CHAIR designed in 1988

The back and seat are made of polyurethane

foam covered in fluorescent pink sponge
neoprene, zippered down the back and
supported on three legs of lacquered tube
steel in an insect like stance.

The front legs are right angled into the body

of the seat through a hollow tube
strengthened by outer aluminium flanges.

The elegant proportions and refinement of

detail demonstrate a sophisticated aesthetic.

https://collection.maas.museum/object/86626
Home Task……

RANDOM PAK CHAIR

 Ford 021C: Designed 1999
A four wheeled car with
2 suicide doors and all chairs can turn to face outside.
Note – Was only a concept car.
Honored by Concept Car Design Award.
 SKYBED BUSINESS CLASS SEAT: Designed 2003

A classy chair for aeroplanes.

The chair can be folded up neatly,
set out as a chair or laid out as a bed
for sleeping in.

Award(s):
The Chicago Athenaeum Good
DesignAward

Australian Design Award

 Other Designs....
TALBY MOBILE PHONE: ZVEZDOCHA SHOE: Designed 2004
Designed 2003

A simplistic trainer styled

shoe, sold by Nike.
Elastic material over netting
available in many colours.

A simple rounded hook.

The large smooth circular rim helps
not to disfigure cloth fabric.

SYGMA COAT HOOK: Designed 1999

TRANSPORTATION....

Bicycles for Biomega in 1999

Trek Art Bike for

Lance Armstrong Live Strong (2009)
WHAT WE LEARNED TODAY…..?

Lockheed lounge
Nimrod Chair
Micarta Chair
Black hole Carbon Fiber Table
Event Horizon Table
Orgone Stretch Lounge
Orgone Chair
Random pak Chair
Embryo Chair

Thank you…....