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Designer of
the Year 2006 ⁄
Marc Newson
Marc Newson’s Fence Design for The Design & Architecture Senior High
At Design Miami ⁄ 07, celebrated designer Marc Newson unveils his highly
anticipated courtyard fence at the Design & Architecture High School
(DASH) in the Miami Design District. The unveiling completes a yearlong
collaboration with Design
Miami ⁄, Newson and the magnet
high school. Design Miami ⁄
honored Marc Newson as the
Designer of Year at the 2006
show. As part of the award, Marc
agreed to think beyond the
four-day fair and make a
permanent contribution to the
legacy of design in Miami.
Newson was asked to create a
new fence for the DASH
courtyard, bordering NE 2nd
Avenue. The only constraints
placed on Newson were that the
fence must be hurricane-proof
and that the fence needed to be
visually permeable, allowing
students to see out and
passer’s-by to see in. The
design, based conceptually on
waves, consists of a thin metal
frame of 400 vertical fins of
varying depths. The appearance
of the fence shifts based on point of view—up close, the fence allows a
full view into and out from the DASH courtyard. However, from a
distance, the surface becomes fully opaque and appears to undulate as
the viewer passes by.
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Fence Mock-up
Photography courtesy of Design Miami ⁄
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Design Essay
Beyond Functionalism ⁄
The Lost Meaning of Objects
by Marcus Fairs