http://matandme.net/helvetified-and-objectified-watch-it/ design, people, interview, drawing, art, style, matyda krzykowski Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://matandme.net/helvetified-and-objectified-watch-it/#comment-985 Patrick Vogt Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:56:12 +0000 http://matandme.net/helvetified-and-objectified-watch-it/#comment-985 Marc Newson's 20-year-old Lockheed Lounge, a curvaceous divan made from aluminum, sold for $968,000 at Sotheby's in New York, setting a record for the highest price paid in history for furniture by a living designer—he was 42 at the time. At Design Miami, all 12 of his limited-edition Chop Top tables sold for $170,000 each—a day before the fair opened its doors to the public. He's doin' kinda well! Marc Newson’s 20-year-old Lockheed Lounge, a curvaceous divan made from aluminum, sold for $968,000 at Sotheby’s in New York, setting a record for the highest price paid in history for furniture by a living designer—he was 42 at the time. At Design Miami, all 12 of his limited-edition Chop Top tables sold for $170,000 each—a day before the fair opened its doors to the public. He’s doin’ kinda well!

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