you also can't go past him being the youngest designer to get a piece in the
vitra design museum at 35
Marcus
doug avery wrote:
>
> >>>I know Marc Newson got quite a pasting by Mr Player earlier for his
> >>>slightly un-original concept car, but I would be interested in listers
> >>>thoughts about his other work. Has anyone else checked out his book with
> >>>the nice moulded plastic cover ?
>
> Just as Mr. Player pointed out the similarities between the Newson Ford
> proto type, his plagiaristic design habits didn't seem to begin there. Not
> to say he doesn't make old ideas his own, he just doesn't improve upon the
> older designs as much as you might expect. From the furniture and interiors
> I've seen done by him (mostly collections from the early nineties), they
> seem equal parts Eero Aarnio and Joe Colombo, two of my favorite designers.
> Newsons's "Gluon Chair", he seemed to draw a lot from Colombo's "Tube"
> (chair), and if you've ever seen Colombo's "Visiona 1" (1969), you�d
> "borrow" a few ideas too (I.e. Newson's Mash Restaurant).
> This only leads me to one conclusion: Marc Newson has excellent taste, and
> along with a couple of almost-nearly-not-quite-but-good-enough originals, ya
> gotta give it up for his efforts.
> Doug
>
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