Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you know, sculpture and things like that, and ended up making things like sculpture and started making chairs and jewelry together and that's how I started.

He describes his 1988 Embryo Chair as "one of the first pieces where I hit upon a discernible style. He co-founded and owns the Ikepod watch company. Carol moved back into her parent's house to raise Marc.

Marc Andrew Newson CBE (born 20 October 1963) was born in Sydney Australia. He incorporates a design style known as biomorphism to his various designs. This style uses smooth flowing lines translucency transparency and tends to have an absence of sharp edges.