How Marc Newson Could Influence Apple in 10 Photos

Jony Ive, Apple’s design guru, has hired Australian-born designer Marc Newson as senior vice president of design. The two have been friends for 15 years and have collaborated on some products for Apple, as well as on some one-of-a-kind items that were sold at last year’s (RED) auction organized by Bono to fight AIDS in Africa. According to Vanity Fair, Newson will continue to call the U.K. his home base while frequently traveling to Apple’s Cupertino (Calif.) headquarters.

Newson is known for designing everything from airline interiors and concept cars to furniture and—ahem—quite a few watches. His signatures: sculptural forms with an organic bent, and color, particularly orange, which he uses to put his stamp on familiar objects like camera bodies and peacoats.