Marcus Notley (born 1 June 1973) is an

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er specializing in designing consumer products for the home. He designed Ireland's largest crystal chandelier for the Merchant Hotel in

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Biography

In 1995 he qualified as a product designer (

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er) jointly from the

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and from the

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. He returned to Ireland in 1997, where he commenced working as a lighting designer for

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, designing large bespoke chandeliers for some of the world's most luxurious hotels and private homes. While there he collaborated with international fashion designer

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to develop the ''John Rocha at Waterford Lighting'' collection. This collection won the ''UK Decorative Lighting Awards'' in 1999. One of the designs also notably featured in the set of the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider movie. Notley set up his own product design business in 2001. He was approached by

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to collaborate with

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on expanding her crystal range for them. Over the next eight years they designed over 100 new crystal products together, including chandeliers, stemware, tableware and giftware. In 2004 Tipperary Crystal introduced a crystal stemware and tableware range by Marcus Notley. In 2002 he started his first project with Waterford Stanley. He helped them redesign their ''Brandon'' cast iron cooker range. In 2005 he launched a range of ''Marcus Notley'' porcelain tableware sold on

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. He then went on to work with an Irish cookware company La Cuisine to design cast iron cookware. He has been a National College of Art and Design visiting lecturer and has been an organiser of a number o
Design Week
events in Ireland. Merchant Hotel Chandelier by Marcus Notley

Merchant Hotel Chandelier by Marcus Notley

In 2006 he completed the design of Ireland's largest crystal chandelier specially commissioned by the Merchant Hotel in Belfast. It was made by

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. The chandelier is 4.5 metres in height. It is constructed with over 2600 pieces of crystal on a gilded gold metalwork frame, all of which is suspended from a glass dome above the hotel's ''Great Room'' restaurant. In 2008 Notley was chosen by the

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to represent the nation at the ''European Glass Context'' exhibition in Denmark.Whitty, Audrey (National Museum of Ireland
"Marcus Notley - Ireland"
''European Glass Context'', Official Catalogue p280-281, Bornholm Denmark 2008. Retrieved on 5 October 2011

References

External links

www.marcusnotley.com
official website.
Marcus Notley
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Notley, Marcus 1973 births Living people Product designers Industrial designers Irish designers Alumni of the National College of Art and Design Alumni of the University of Limerick People from County Leitrim