Marcus Notley (born 1 June 1973) is an Irish

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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

Notley grew up in rural

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. In 1995 he qualified as a product designer (

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er) jointly from the

University of Limerick University of Limerick (UL) () is a Public university, public research university institution in Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Founded in 1972, as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, it became a university in Septemb ...

and from the National College of Art and Design in

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

Waterford Crystal Waterford Crystal is an Irish manufacturer of crystal glassware, especially cut glass products. It is named after the city of Waterford in Ireland. In January 2009, the main Waterford Crystal manufacturing base on the edge of Waterford was cl ...

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

Tipperary Crystal Tipperary Crystal is an Irish design company based in Dublin. Tipperary Crystal is an Irish crystal design and manufacturing company founded in 1987 by former Waterford Crystal-craftsmen In Ireland. In 1996, there was a high court case about ...

to collaborate with Louise Kennedy 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

Tyrone Crystal Tyrone Crystal was a crystal manufacturing company in Dungannon, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. History Glass-making and -decoration in County Tyrone can be dated back to the early medieval period, where Dunmisk outside Carrickmore was a ...

. 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 Behance {{DEFAULTSORT:Notley, Marcus 1973 births Living people Product designers Irish industrial designers Alumni of the National College of Art and Design Alumni of the University of Limerick Artists from County Leitrim Businesspeople from County Leitrim