Marc Newson Pod of Drawers
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Prototype
1987
Aluminium, Fiberglass, Wood
70.5 x 128.5 x 43.5 cm
27.8 x 50.6 x 17.1 in
Pod of Drawers by Marc Newson reflects the artist’s innovative approaches to the treatment of materials. Newson’s work ranges from furniture and aircraft design to clothing and jewellery. Inspired by early 20th century French cabinetmaker André Groult, this piece is Newson’s second riveted aluminium creation, after the LC1 chaise longue in 1986, using a similar technique of applying hand-beaten, cut aluminium over a fluid fibreglass form. This piece is a prototype, making it exceptionally unique.
Artist
Marc Newson
Marc Newson was born in 1963 in Sydney and has lived and worked in Tokyo, Paris, and London, where he is now based. He studied jewellery and sculpture at Sydney College of the Arts, where he first began experimenting with furniture design. After graduating, he was awarded a grant from the Australian Crafts Council, which enabled him to stage his first exhibition featuring the Lockheed Lounge – a piece that, twenty years later, went on to set three consecutive world records at auction.
