Marc Newson
This $12,000 Nanoball Hourglass is Created by Apple Designer Marc Newson
Apple designer Marc Newson has created an exclusive hourglass for Hodinkee that costs a whopping $12,000 and is filled with 1,249,996 “nanoballs” that are 0.66mm in diameter and made of solid stainless steel coated in copper. According to The Verge, only a 100 units of this hourglass are being made, which happens to time only...
Apple Design Chief Jony Ive To Create Claridge’s Christmas Tree
Luxury London hotel Claridge’s has tapped Apple’s chief design officer Sir Jony Ive and designer Marc Newson to compose and create its famed Christmas tree this holiday season, according to a report from The Telegraph. Image courtesy of Vogue Every year the London hotel selects a different, high-profile designer to come up with a unique […]
Apple Designer Marc Newson Creates Louis Vuitton Travel Bag
Apple VP of Design, Marc Newson, has helped launch a new travel bag for luxury brand Louis Vuitton, that’s not only lighter, but has increased capacity. Newson’s design brings the extendable cane to the outside (unlike most rolling trunks) made out of anodized aluminum (of course!). This allows for more room on the inside, eliminating...
Apple’s Marc Newson Designed this Candy Bar Phone Back in 2004 [VIDEO]
Named after a character in a 1974 movie Dark Star, Sanyo’s ‘Talby’ candy bar phone was designed by none other than Jony Ive’s colleague and one of the world’s most influential industrial designers, Marc Newson. The Australian designer, whose design signature is believed to be all over the Apple Watch as well, says the 13mm-thick Talby was the...
Marc Newson Says Apple Watch Will Be a Game Changer in 5 Years
In a recent interview with the Financial Review, famed designer Marc Newson has shared his thoughts on the new Apple Watch, predicting that the wearable will be as successful as the iPhone in five years. He described the Apple Watch as "the beginning of something" and criticized those who want "immediate, instant recognition, instant understanding” while arguing that many future Apple...
Apple Designer Marc Newson Creates Futuristic Fountain Pen
Considering recent rumours of an iPad Pro with Force Touch stylus, who else would design the accessory than Marc Newson? Especially as the next thing he designed (after the Apple Watch), as reported by Fast Company, was the Montblanc M fountain pen. Fact is, fountain pens are used only by people who still write by...
Apple’s Marc Newson Calls Automobile Industry His Design Pet-Peeve
Marc Newson officially joined Apple last September ahead of the Apple Watch announcement. Since then, we’ve seen a couple of interviews, but today, the Wall Street Journal published an extensive profile of the renowned industrial designer, touching on topics ranging from how his creative process starts to what annoys him the most. As Newson reveals...
Marc Newson Talks Apple Watch, Car, and More
Eight months ago Apple announced an important talent acquisition just ahead of the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch event: Jony Ive's longtime friend Marc Newson joined the company. Although the two have made public appearances since then at various times (and before that), Newson had been keeping mum about his work at Apple. Today he...
Apple Designer Marc Newson Sells Lounge Chair For $3.7 Million
According to a new report from Curbed, Australian industrial designer and Apple employee Marc Newson sold a lounge chair that he designed for $3.7 million at an auction in London. The “Lockheed Lounge” is a lounge chair made of aluminum and fibreglass. The chair is meant to be an art piece and it’s not meant...
Vogue Posts Full Video Interview With Apple’s Jony Ive and Marc Newson
On Friday, British Vogue posted the full video of a recent interview that editor Suzy Menkes had with Apple’s chief designer Jony Ive and Marc Newson. The interview focused on the Apple Watch and its place in the luxury watch market. Ive said that Apple started off designing the iPhone because a lot of Apple...
Apple’s Jony Ive Reveals Exclusive Apple Watch Sport Bands at Milan Design Gala
The Apple Watch went on display at Milan’s Salone Del Mobile Design earlier today, with Apple’s SVP of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller and design guru Marc Newson in attendance. It also appears that Apple’s chief of design Jony Ive made it to the event. At the event, Ive revealed exclusive sport band colours for the...
Apple Watch Designed by Marc Newson, not Jony Ive, Designer Says
Shortly before Tim Cook announced the Apple Watch, Marc Newson said he was joining Apple. This is rather interesting in the light of comments from industry professionals saying that Apple’s wearable bears Newson’s fingerprints, or at least that it bears a strong resemblance to his own watch designs. When asked to reveal whether he was […]