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MARC NEWSON




















Marc Newson is from Sydney, Australia and graduated in jewelry and sculpture. He works from Tokyo to Paris and then to London. He feels that a designer have to crazy about something or I would say to be knowledgeable. After seeing his designs, I feel that most of his designs are in organic shape and looks futuristic. Nowadays, he is one of the most innovative and an influential self-taught designer. Many of his designs are not for mass-produced, but are limited addiction being sold at auctions. The Lockheed Lounge chair is the highlight in his career and it was sold at an auction with about 700,000 pound. It is never a comfortable chair but a sculpture. It is made of fiberglass, aluminium and rubber. “A shimmering bolides form that recalls the biomorphic sculpture of Jean Arp, Alexander Archipenko and Isamu Noguchi”, he said. How the chair aluminium covered the homemade fiberglass mould was inspired by how the aeroplane is made. Due to his hectic life most of his designs are born on aeroplanes , that’s the only time he would have his silent environment.

References
Online:
-http://designmuseum.org/design/marc-newson
-http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/newson.html
-http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/previous/marc_newson.asp
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoS71sBKESI



PHILLIPE STARCK



















He was born in Paris and his father who was an aircraft designer inspired him. A suite’s design in Elysee Palace in Paris brought him to the next level. Now, he is the most well known designer and also one of the most prolific. I think he is an interesting man. He loves to do his projects in front of the sea. As I can see, most of his designs’ style is more toward to freedom and futuristic. Philippe’s design shows his desire for transgression and subverts expectation. I found my favourite piece in his catalogue that he designed as a part of a fantasy office environment for the film director Wim Wenders. The design looks clean and unique. It is more like a sculpture than a chair or as a support for users who prefer to almost stand against the bar stool rather than sit down. The technique of sand- casting allows the flowing organic form in just one-piece mould.


References
Online:
-http://designmatcher.com/nl/gallery_detail.php?galleryID=1446
-http://www.luminaire.com/designers/philippe_starck/
-http://www.bonluxat.com/a/Philippe_Starck_W._W._Stool.html
-http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/starck.html
-http://www.hotelbarstools.com/the-w-w-stool-by-philippe-starck
-http://www.owo.it/en/shopping/6926/vitra-ww-stool.html