Marc Newson’s Lockheed Lounge makes record for a living designer at £2.1m

The Lockheed Lounge by Australian designer Marc Newson beat its own record as the most expensive work to sell at auction by a living designer when it fetched £2.1m at Phillips in London.

The 2ft 10in x 5ft 6in (87cm x 1.68m) piece was one of 15 handmade by Newson in 1990 from fibreglass…

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