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 | | His fame kicked off in 1986 after he staged his first exhibition featuring the Lockheed lounge which was “a fluid metallic form, like a giant blob of mercury” based “loosely, very loosely” on the 18th century chaises lounges he had seen in French paintings. |
 | | His objects, often described as funkily futuristic, are present in every significant contemporary design museum such as MoMa, SFMoMa, the Musée d’Art Moderne and Vitra. |
 | | At the headquarters of Marc Newson Ltd in London, he is working on challenging, industrial, super projects like designing the interior of the Airbus 380 and creating the Kelvin 40, a small state-of-the-art jet, a project supported by the Foundation Cartier. |
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