Marc Newson’s Yard Boot 365 for RM Williams ($515) launches in New Zealand tomorrow.
You may not know Marc Newson’s name but you’ve probably admired one of his products. One of the century’s most influential designers of everything from space rockets to luxury luggage talks to Samantha Murray Greenway about his latest project down under. Why do we buy the things we do? It boils down to the way things look and work: their design. Enter industrial designer Marc Newson, CBE, who might be less famous than his creations, but is one of the most influential designers of his generation.