Marc Newson
by libbyrosof
Marc Newson: At Home
November 23, 2013 - April 20, 2014 at the Philadelphia Museum features for the first time the designer’s domestic products, furnishing an abstracted 2,000-squarefoot house and garage within the Museum’s Collab Gallery. Whether Newson’s 021C concept car for Ford parked in the garage (named originally for its orange Pantone color number), the rapid-prototyped Dish Doctor dish rack (kitchen), the iconic aluminum-clad Lockheed Lounge (living room), or the Zvezdochka sneakers for Nike (adult bedroom), what distinguishes Newson’s designs as much as their range is their innovative use of materials and manufacturing techniques. The Micarta chair (living room), for example, is made from layers of linen laminated with a phenolic resin commonly used for knife handles.
