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Designer
Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders (born 2 July 1963 in Boxtel, Netherlands) is a Dutch industrial and interior designer. He graduated cum laude from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Arnhem in 1988, opened his studio in Amsterdam in 2000 and in 2001…
Biography
Background
Marcel Wanders (born 2 July 1963 in Boxtel, Netherlands) is a Dutch industrial and interior designer. He graduated cum laude from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Arnhem in 1988, opened his studio in Amsterdam in 2000 and in 2001 co-founded the design company Moooi with Casper Vissers, where he is art director.
Signature Style
Wanders combines historical references and ornament with innovative materials and production methods, in a theatrical, personal language — the New York Times called him "the Lady Gaga of the design world."
Notable Works
- Knotted Chair (1996), high-tech materials with a low-tech knotting technique
- Skygarden pendant for Flos (2007)
- Interiors for the Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht, Kameha Grand Bonn and Mondrian South Beach hotels
- Work for Alessi, Baccarat, Bisazza, Cappellini, Louis Vuitton and Swarovski
Legacy
Elle Decoration International Designer of the Year (2006), winner of the Rotterdam Design Prize and Kho Liang Ie Prize, with a first solo exhibition, Daydreams, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2009.
Collections
Products
Stone
Marcel Wanders's Stone stool for Kartell: a faceted hourglass in polycarbonate, 30 x 45 cm.
Big Shadow
A free-standing diffused lamp inspired by the abat-jour archetype.
Dalia
Swivel armchair with a fibreglass and resin shell and fixed upholstery, by Marcel Wanders
Wanders' Tulip Armchair
Marcel Wanders' 2010 padded armchair with an elongated blossom-shaped shell on a swivelling base.
Smoke
Marcel Wanders' 2001 low glass table, with transparent glass mitred to blue or smoky grey glass.
Knotted Chair
A small armchair of knotted carbon-and-aramide rope stiffened with epoxy resin.
Skygarden Pendant
A sleek pendant dome with floral plaster detailing inside, by Marcel Wanders, 2007
Cyborg Club
Wanders' polycarbonate armchair with a natural wicker back, 2012
Cyborg Lord
Marcel Wanders' polycarbonate armchair with a seat and back covered in Kvadrat Divina
Cyborg Lady
Marcel Wanders' 2014 polycarbonate armchair with a seat and back covered in Kvadrat Remix
Troy Chair
Wanders' chair on a steel tube 4-star base, with polypropylene, beech plywood or upholstered seat
