The view from: Marc Newson / Paris
Out of the blue
For celebrated Australian industrial designer Marc Newson, inspiration often comes from unexpected places.
UK-based industrial designer Marc Newson has been spending a lot of time thinking about the colour blue. Standing inside Rue de Castiglione, Paris – one of Gagosian’s three galleries in the French capital – he tells monocle that the pieces on show were in shades of indigo and cerulean to honour the blue and white colours of Greece, where they were first displayed last autumn.
Among them is a large armchair that was made using the cloisonné enamelling technique, which dates back to the 13th century, creating delicate patterns in the metalwork.…
