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It's really difficult for me to see Newson's work as anything but very, very anachronistic. His formal language seems to me to be hopelessly trapped in the 90s.

by state 12y ago

It's really difficult for me to see Newson's work as anything but very, very anachronistic. His formal language seems to me to be hopelessly trapped in the 90s. That being said, his range is impressive. He's capable of working in many different scales and materials. Beside the fact that he's a friend of Ive's, this seems like the best argument for him being a good fit at Apple.

aaronbrethorst 12y ago
> His formal language seems to me to be hopelessly trapped in the 90s. Can you elaborate on this?
- state 12y ago
  Sure, a bit. Excessive rounded edges, bright pop-colors and lots of plastic seem to me a staple of the 90s. CAM techniques were just starting to hit their stride, so the work from the period often feels like it's just a direct product of the software. Newson's work looks to me like it popped out of a rendering on a Silicon Graphics machine. Karim Rashid, Greg Lyn are easy references. There are many others I can't think of. It's not just that his work fits the style, but that even his recent work still employs the same techniques.
  - crazytony 12y ago
    aside from the plastic it sounds like he'll get on just fine at Apple.
  - aaronbrethorst 12y ago
    Very interesting, much obliged.
  - alaskamiller 12y ago
    Concur, but 90s/00s aesthetics is rebounding back in the fashion cycle. The new design taste can be palpable to the prime demo, teens.
wdewind 12y ago
> It's really difficult for me to see Newson's work as anything but very, very anachronistic. His formal language seems to me to be hopelessly trapped in the 90s. I could not agree more. Newson is someone I really want to like because he seems like a cool guy, but I've just never been very impressed with either his work or how he talks about it. He's most famous for this: http://static0.bornrichimages.com/wp-content/uploads/s3/images/2009/05/01/marc-newson-chair-1_6eBWW_48.jpg http://static0.bornrichimages.com/wp-content/uploads/s3/imag... Which I find to be a cool idea, but: a) not very functional b) not very aesthetically pleasing in execution A lot of that is just my taste, but I did not expect to see the top voted comment here be something I so thoroughly agreed with.

by state 12y ago

aaronbrethorst 12y ago

> His formal language seems to me to be hopelessly trapped in the 90s. Can you elaborate on this?

state 12y ago
Sure, a bit. Excessive rounded edges, bright pop-colors and lots of plastic seem to me a staple of the 90s. CAM techniques were just starting to hit their stride, so the work from the period often feels like it's just a direct product of the software. Newson's work looks to me like it popped out of a rendering on a Silicon Graphics machine. Karim Rashid, Greg Lyn are easy references. There are many others I can't think of. It's not just that his work fits the style, but that even his recent work still employs the same techniques.
- crazytony 12y ago
  aside from the plastic it sounds like he'll get on just fine at Apple.
- aaronbrethorst 12y ago
  Very interesting, much obliged.
- alaskamiller 12y ago
  Concur, but 90s/00s aesthetics is rebounding back in the fashion cycle. The new design taste can be palpable to the prime demo, teens.

wdewind 12y ago

> It's really difficult for me to see Newson's work as anything but very, very anachronistic. His formal language seems to me to be hopelessly trapped in the 90s. I could not agree more. Newson is someone I really want to like because he seems like a cool guy, but I've just never been very impressed with either his work or how he talks about it. He's most famous for this: http://static0.bornrichimages.com/wp-content/uploads/s3/images/2009/05/01/marc-newson-chair-1_6eBWW_48.jpg http://static0.bornrichimages.com/wp-content/uploads/s3/imag... Which I find to be a cool idea, but: a) not very functional b) not very aesthetically pleasing in execution A lot of that is just my taste, but I did not expect to see the top voted comment here be something I so thoroughly agreed with.