News Summary

• Marc Newson is considered one of the most influential designers of our time.
• The Lockheed Lounge, which turns 40 this year, is notorious for setting a new world record any time it shows up at auction.
• The last time it went under the hammer in 2015, it brought in £2.5 million – a price that no living designer has managed to surpass since.
• Now, the Lockheed is making a rare appearance as part of a retrospective at art vineyard Château La Coste in the south of France.