This volume covering Marc Newson's design career can, if you are ambitious enough, be read as a catalog of how to live. Imagine waking up in the morning, taking a bath, drying your hair, getting dressed, putting on your glasses, spraying on perfume, sitting down to eat a breakfast of tea, eggs, and toast, checking your watch, packing your suitcase, driving to the airport, catching a flight, and traveling by a luxury yacht. The remarkable thing about this scenario, apart from its luxury, is that everything in it could be designed by Newson: the bed, the bathtub, the hairdryer, the clothes, the shoes, the glasses, the perfume bottle, the electric kettle, the teapot, the toaster, the pan, the spatula, the stove, the dishes, the cutlery, the watch, the chair, the table, the lighting, the suitcase, the car, the airplane, and even the yacht. No project is too small or too large for Newson, and his career is a testament to what can be achieved by a person with limitless ambition, ingenuity, curiosity, and complexity. From mass-produced objects to limited edition furniture and unique works, Newson has blurred the boundaries, carved out new territories, and reached the pinnacle of his field in the process. To call Newson’s contributions to the design world innovative and influential is an understatement—it is more accurate to say that he is now the benchmark against which the work of other designers must inevitably be compared. This encyclopedic volume covers all of Newson’s work to date, starting with fundamental early pieces like the Pod of Drawers and the Lockheed Lounge (which has broken the world record for the highest price paid for a piece of furniture by a living designer), in manual entries arranged chronologically by category: Objects, Furniture, Interiors, Transport, and Jewelry & Watches. Each description explores the story behind the piece and its construction and is richly filled with quotes from the designer himself. The book closes with a visual index of Newson's completed works, a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and the history of his exhibitions.