Dutch-Kiwi designer Sabine Marcelis’s work is at the forefront of contemporary material innovation in product and installation design. She works with glass manufacturers and more, forging partnerships across her industry to bring her ambitiously experimental projects to fruition.
Marcelis’s focus is on allowing happenstance sensory experiences to emerge by juxtaposing combinations of unlikely materials and colors. She was educated at the Design Academy Eindhoven and since founding her eponymous studio in 2011 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, she has built a remarkable roster of clients in fashion, architecture and art.
Marcelis has created signature pieces for the likes of Rem Koolhaas’s architecture firm OMA, high-fashion labels Fendi and Isabel Marant and luxury beauty brand Aēsop. She has also exhibited at the Salone del Mobile in Milan and won Wallpaper* magazine’s Designer of the Year award for 2020.
Marcelis was invited to create a sculptural intervention for the interiors of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich’s iconic Barcelona Pavilion, which saw the debut of the pair’s timeless Barcelona chair in 1929. For her “No Fear of Glass” exhibition, the designer subverted the original request made to van der Rohe to “not use too much glass” by designing chaise longues, pillar lights and a fountain that feature glass as the main material. The rest of her work is informed by a similarly sophisticated playfulness, as evident in the charming forms she creates — she has designed doughnut-shaped rugs, the multifunctional resin Candy Cube side tables and colorful asymmetrical glass mirrors.
Marcelis has the rare ability to create dynamic and fluid experiences by pushing the limits of craftsmanship. While her enchanting seating, lighting and other furnishings may appear effortless due to their fluid and simple forms, they are the result of relentless attention to detail and venturesome experiments with materiality.
Shop a variety of Sabine Marcelis's designs on 1stDibs.
Sabine Marcelis Off Round Bronze Mirror
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sabine Marcelis Off Round Bronze From the series “Seeing glass” Manufactured by Sabine Marcelis Netherlands, 2014 Mirror, glass, colourfoil metal mountin...
Glass, Mirror
Italian Mid-century Salmon coloured glass Mirror model "1669" by Max Ingrand
By Max Ingrand
Located in Barcelona, ES
Max Ingrand Mirror model “1669” Manufactured by Fontana Arte Italy, 1950s Colored glass, mirrored glass. Measurements 71 Ø cm. 28 Ø in. Provenance Private collection, ...
Glass, Mirror
Contemporary Mirror, Recycled Aluminum, Resin and Steel, Elissa Lacoste, Modern
By Elissa Lacoste
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mirror Manufactured by Elissa Lacoste. France, 2023. Steel, recycled aluminum, vermiculite, acrylic resin, glass mirror. Measurements 100 x 45 x 190h cm 39,8 x 17,8 x 74,8h in Edition Unique piece. Exhibitions Global Tools...
Aluminum, Steel
Contemporary Modern Mirror model RS01 in Polished Bronze, Johan Viladrich
By Johan Viladrich
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mirror model “RS01” Manufactured by Johan Viladrich. Montpellier, 2023. Mirror polished bronze. Measurements 31,5 x 1 x 307h cm 12,4 x 0,4 x 120,9h in Edition Unique piece More sizes are available upon request Exhibitions Global Tools...
Bronze
Lukas Saint-Joigny, Contemporary Pink Wall Mirror, Polyurethane, Paris, 2020
By Lukas Saint-Joigy
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lukas Saint-Joigny Mirror Modern Pink Wall Mirror From the “Ore” series Manufactured by Lukas Saint-Joigny Produced in exclusive for SIDE GALLERY...
Resin
Lukas Saint-Joigny, Contemporary Wall Mirror, Blue/Green/Grey, 2020
By Lukas Saint-Joigy
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lukas Saint-Joigny Mirror From the “Ore” series Manufactured by Lukas Saint-Joigny Produced in exclusive for SIDE GALLERY Paris, 2020 Various materials and polyurethane Meas...
Resin
Miroir par Lorenzo Burchiellaro
By Lorenzo Burchiellaro
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Studio-made aluminum mirror constructed in two parts. Beautiful facing with relief edge and center, and hand-etched surface. Signed on bottom front. Very good vintage condition. Ther...
Aluminum
Contemporary Red Body Mirror, Off Round Hue #2, Wall Mirror by Sabine Marcelis
By Sabine Marcelis, Brit van Nerven
Located in Copenhagen, DK
In 2013 Sabine Marcelis and Brit van Nerven started collaborating on the project ‘Seeing Glass’ - a series of glass objects resulting from an ongoing study into optical effects created with glass as the primary material. Glass specialists allowed the designers to play around and experiment in their factory to investigate new possibilities and through the use of materials, colour and layering, unexpected effects are created which play with ones visual perception as well as the surrounding space. The Seeing Glass project involved different collections - one of them being the Off Round mirrors. The Off Round mirrors are continually evolving and expanding, and has developed into the Off Round Hue Collection - a collection of colourful, organic shaped mirrors exclusively available through Etage Projects...
Glass, Mirror
Paolo Ferrari, "Facet", Mirror
By Paolo Ferrari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Size and configuration customizations are available for the Facet Mirror. Please inquire with our sales team for more information. A sculptural facet...
Mirror, Lacquer
Gaelle Mirror by Philippe Colette
Located in Geneve, CH
Gaelle mirror by Philippe Colette Dimensions: D 60 x H 90 cm Materials: mineral lime plaster. With or without indirect lighting. All shapes and sizes can...
Plaster
Gaelle Mirror by Philippe Colette
Located in Geneve, CH
Gaelle mirror by Philippe Colette Dimensions: D 60 x H 90 cm Materials: mineral lime plaster. With or without indirect lighting. All shapes and sizes can...
Plaster
Moiré Oval Mirror by Kajsa Willner
Located in Geneve, CH
Moiré oval mirror by Kajsa Willner Dimensions: 50 x 1.6 x 80 cm Materials: Mirror, polyester Playing with imperfect alignments, a small displacement, rotation or difference in t...
Copper
