Week 2 - Independent Study
Further research into chosen industrial designer: Marc Newson (Details into three works)
With Marc Newson as my chosen designer of influence, I have found that many of his works have architectural quality where space and movement can be anticipated. Even though he is an industrial designer, the fluid and futuristic approach to his work is what most interest me. For example the Orgone Stretch lounge could be housed by a mysterious structural engineered steel frame with the negative space inside cast-off for offices or apartments. Overall the structure might possibly be supported by four legs that could enclose lifts, stairs and general cables, pipes leading to the space above. A form of Liquid architecture is conveyed if space was formed between its shell. I also find it interesting that Marc experiments with a range of design mediums over a broad range of industries.
Marc Newson’s Approach to design:
“It's a matter of demystifying the issues, and trying to give things a handle to grab on to. I look for simple things—the straightforward parameters of a project—and once I've digested that and created the framework within which to work, it's joining the dots, really”
1 Lockheed Lounge -1986
Newson’s break-through piece was the 1986 Lockheed Lounge, the realisation of his image of "a fluid metallic form, like a giant blob of mercury" based "loosely, very loosely" on the 18th century chaises longue he had seen in reproductions of French paintings. Newson made it himself in "a couple of miserable months" of hammering hundreds of aluminium panels on to a home-made fibreglass mould. After the Lockheed Lounge was exhibited at a Sydney gallery, photographs of it appeared in magazines all over the world.
Event Horizon Table -1992
The significance of the 'Event Horizon' table lies its innovative use of materials and advanced technologies. The table is fabricated in spun aluminium, with four trumpet legs supporting a shaped top which, being open at both ends, reveals a hollow interior.The scientific term 'Event Horizon' describes the boundary of the region of space-time from which it is impossible to escape, like a one-way membrane around a black hole. In this table, Newson links this concept to his own preoccupation with negative (interior) space and positive (outer) form which he feels normally tends to dominate.
Orgone Stretch Lounge -1992
The “Orgone Stretch Lounge” is a companion piece to the “Event Horizon Table” and was produced by the same aluminum forming process. Newson began producing prototypes in Australia, then at an aircraft factory in France, but the price was prohibitively expensive. The highly polished surface, along with the void in the core of the lounge, creates shadows, light and reflection, all of which underscore the negative space, producing effects that make the “Orgone’s” form ever more mysterious. Newson’s slightly Freudian obsession with the idea of negative space is evidenced in the “Orgone” series
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Spore Creature Creator (My Creatures)
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Creature One: Zeeb
Zeeb is an alien creature that constantly seeks refuge in the bunker to survive. His extra-terrestrial capabilities lie in the way he walks as he can use his legs to crawl and jump from space to space. The only way out of the planet he has stranded upon is to climb out of the surrounding atmosphere through the debris. The Aero bunker has come to form from the remains of his spaceship that crashed decades before. Zeeb’s string courage’s nature ensures that he never gives up no matter what is thrown his way. |
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| Creature Two: Corby |
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| Creature three: Splinta |
Newson’s break-through piece was the 1986 Lockheed Lounge, the realisation of his image of "a fluid metallic form, like a giant blob of mercury" based "loosely, very loosely" on the 18th century chaises longue he had seen in reproductions of French paintings. Newson made it himself in "a couple of miserable months" of hammering hundreds of aluminium panels on to a home-made fibreglass mould. After the Lockheed Lounge was exhibited at a Sydney gallery, photographs of it appeared in magazines all over the world. 
The significance of the 'Event Horizon' table lies its innovative use of materials and advanced technologies. The table is fabricated in spun aluminium, with four trumpet legs supporting a shaped top which, being open at both ends, reveals a hollow interior.The scientific term 'Event Horizon' describes the boundary of the region of space-time from which it is impossible to escape, like a one-way membrane around a black hole. In this table, Newson links this concept to his own preoccupation with negative (interior) space and positive (outer) form which he feels normally tends to dominate.
The “Orgone Stretch Lounge” is a companion piece to the “Event Horizon Table” and was produced by the same aluminum forming process. Newson began producing prototypes in Australia, then at an aircraft factory in France, but the price was prohibitively expensive. The highly polished surface, along with the void in the core of the lounge, creates shadows, light and reflection, all of which underscore the negative space, producing effects that make the “Orgone’s” form ever more mysterious. Newson’s slightly Freudian obsession with the idea of negative space is evidenced in the “Orgone” series 
