Flying High – Australia’s Planes are Posh, Mate!

Luxury air travel has just gone a step further with the unveiling of Quantas Airlines Airbus A380 First Class cabin accommodation. The stylish and ergonomically impressive interior was designed by Australian designer, Marc Newson, one of the most accomplished and influential designers of his generation. He was born in Sydney, Australia in 1963. After spending his childhood travelling in Europe and Asia, he started to study jewellery and sculpture at Sydney College of the Arts. During that period, he had already started experimenting with furniture design and, after graduating in 1984, he was awarded a grant from the Australian Crafts Council, and staged an exhibition - featuring the Lockheed Lounge - at the Roslyn Oxley Gallery in Sydney.

Marc Newson is currently running two studios; one in Paris and the other in London where he had set up Marc Newson Ltd in 1997 as a larger studio capable of tackling more ambitious industrial projects. It obviously paid off!