But to me, to be original is to be yourself. Marc Newson More Quotes by Marc Newson More Quotes From Marc Newson If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there's no one like you. Marc Newson just-be-yourselfbeing-yourselflike-you I'm always working. Like a lot of creative people I can't switch off. I can't disassociate work from pleasure. My job is my hobby. Marc Newson creativejobspeople One of the best things I ever did was to train in a practical skill. I love computers and they've become such a part of life, especially to the world of design. But it's important to understand that they are a tool, as much as a hammer or a saw is a tool. Computers don't help you design. There needs to be more emphasis on training young designers in how to build things. A good writer needs a good vocabulary. A good designer needs to understand his materials and processes. You can't, as a successful designer, pretend to get any respect if you don't know how things are made. Marc Newson trainingdesignsuccessful My job as a designer is to look into the future. Not to use any frame of reference that exists Marc Newson usejobslooks I don't have any furniture of mine in my room. Marc Newson furnitureeuroperooms I'm fascinated with materials, with processes, with technologies. Marc Newson materialstechnologyprocess I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality. Marc Newson designpersonalitythinking If I can feel freedom then I can create. Marc Newson i-canifsfeels To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool. Marc Newson good-moodmoodeurope The fashion industry has an enormous amount to offer in what we do in industrial design because fashion is fast, fashion has its finger on the pulse. There are very few creative industries that work on that rhythm. Marc Newson designfashioncreative With the Solaris, however, I wanted to design a very simple, elegant dress watch Marc Newson designsimpledresses If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection. Marc Newson emotionalimportantgiving Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting. Marc Newson designeuropeschool Studing jewelry gives you an incredible technical background. If you can work on very, very small things, then, I think, typically you find it easier to go bigger rather than the other way around. I think a lot of architects have struggled with small things. Whereas if you start small, it's easier to get bigger. Marc Newson jewelrygivingthinking I do feel that the world is entering into a period of the incredible period of reflection and introspection. A lot of people are questioning the future, and I can't help but think that's a positive thing. I'm not sure about the art world, but the design world may be able to offer some solutions. Design is about troubleshooting. As a designer, I ultimately feel like a gun for hire. Companies hire me because they've got a problem. That's kind of what it boils down to. And I think this is a moment in our history where we need different solutions. Marc Newson gunreflectionart You know like it has its own personality, its own character. Marc Newson personalityeuropecharacter If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand it's not the things, it's travel and experiencing different environments. Marc Newson differentinspirationtravel So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find a light that I like, I think to myself what would I like? What would I like to buy? Then I started to imagine and design it for myself a lot of the time. Marc Newson designlightthinking Yeah, my dream would be to work for 6 months and then have 6 months to play, just snowboarding, surfing, and going to cool places to listen and be alone and kinda chill out. Marc Newson snowboardingdreamplay People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train. Marc Newson designpeopleneeds
