The creative force behind some of the most inventive furniture and interiors of the past 30 years, the Amsterdam-based Marcel Wanders continues to take his work in new directions.
Wanders, who launched his design career in 1994 as cofounder, with Renny Ramakers and Gijs Bakker, of Droog, has since built an international brand of his own, Marcel Wanders, embodying his sense that design should be playful, romantic, verging on surreal and — when there’s a choice between the two — over- rather than understated. Moooi, a furniture brand he cofounded with Revised’s Casper Vissers, was established in 2001.
Wanders's style might best be defined as contemporary Rococo. Individual pieces that have reached design icon status include his Knotted chair (1995–96), an international breakthrough for Wanders that he made of aramid-fiber cord for Cappellini; his Skygarden pendant lamp for FLOS (2007); his monumental Calvin floor lamp (also 2007). Then there’s the Happy Hour chandelier (2005), created by Wanders with choreographer Nanine Linning, which is part a design object, part a performance in which a “dancing angel” hangs from the center of the fixture, serving little spoons of chocolate mousse and champagne flutes to the people below.
Wanders’s studio collaborations include creating bespoke hides with leather artisans from Bill Amberg Studio and designing crystal game boards for Maison Baccarat, in addition to the handcrafted Nightbloom lamps for Lladró. Wanders is also known for designing what might be called experiential spaces — interiors imbued with his design ethos, as in the eclectic and theatrical Mondrian South Beach hotel, in Miami (2008), and the Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht hotel (2012).
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Moooi Jackson Chair in Boucle, Black and White Upholstery with Steel Frame
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sometimes you just need to feel supported, seduced, protagonist of your own world for a moment. After much giving, working and planning for others, you need to find your center by se...
Upholstery
Moooi Monster Diamond Chair in Black Upholstery
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A soft, puffy and stylish chair as symbol of the eternal battle between opposite forces that take place in life and can be easily recognized inside ourselves, if we have the courage ...
Upholstery
Moooi Zio Lounge Chair in Solis, Dawn Upholstery with Oak Stained Grey Frame
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lean back, close your eyes, relax your arms on the smooth armrests and grant yourself the time to drift your imagination away, beyond your surroundings, into the street, beyond the s...
Upholstery
Moooi Monster Diamond Chair with Arms in Black Upholstery
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A soft, puffy and stylish chair as symbol of the eternal battle between opposite forces that take place in life and can be easily recognized inside ourselves, if we have the courage ...
Upholstery
Moooi Smoke Dining Armchair in Abbracci, Black Upholstery with Burnt Wood Frame
By Maarten Baas, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Don't burn the diner — burn the dining chair! The beauty and character of burned wood is now captured in a long lasting material, creating the strange sensation of sitting on burnt furniture...
Upholstery
Moooi Zio Lounge Chair in Calligraphy Bird Jacquard Upholstery & Black Frame
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lean back, close your eyes, relax your arms on the smooth armrests and grant yourself the time to drift your imagination away, beyond your surroundings, into the street, beyond the s...
Upholstery
2022 Marcel Wanders Jackson Lounge Chair w/ Signature Leather Embroidery Black
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a Jackson Lounge Chair made with a steel frame and black embroidered leather. The chair was designed by Marcel Wanders Studios and produced by Moooi in the Nether...
Steel
Black Leather and Ankara Fjord Swivel Chair by Patricia Urquiola Moroso
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Miami, FL
A Fjord swivel chair by Moroso. In black leather and Ankara fabric.
Leather, Fabric
Maarten Baas for Moooi Contemporary Designer Black Leather Chair
Located in Nottingham, GB
The Smoke Dining Chair, designed by Maarten Baas for Moooi, is one of the most recognisable and influential pieces of contemporary Dutch design. Part of Baas's celebrated Smoke colle...
Leather, Wood
2022 Marcel Wanders for Moooi Zio Lounge Chair with Oak Frame CMHR Foam
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a Zio Lounge Chair made with a dark brown oak frame and brown Spectrum leather. The chair was designed by Marcel Wanders and produced by Moooi in the Netherlands....
Leather, Wood, Foam
Baleri Italia Richard III Armchair in Black Leather by Philippe Starck
By Philippe Starck, Baleri Italia
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The very essence of bourgeois décor with a modern twist, the object as a mask, a technological jack-in-the-box. These are the ingredients of this highly symbolic armchair. The Richard III was created by Philippe Starck who, moved by the sight of battered old club armchairs abandoned in the street, decided to give them a new life. At this time, Starck was imagining President’s private apartment interiors in the Elysée Palace and the Richard III became President François Mitterrand’s favorite armchair. Armchair with completely molded structure in rigid structural polyurethane, painted with polyurethane enamel. Cushion in expanded polyurethane and dacron. Philippe Starck, world famous creator with multifaceted inventiveness, is always focused on the essential, his vision: that creation, whatever form it takes, must improve the lives of as many people as possible. By employing his prolific work across all domains, from everyday products (furniture, a citrus-squeezer, electric bikes, an individual wind turbine), to architecture (hotels, restaurants that aspire to be stimulating places) and naval and spatial engineering (mega yachts, space habitation module), he continually pushes the boundaries and requirements of design, becoming one of the most visionary and renowned creators of the international contemporary scene. In 1984 and 1985, Philippe Starck collaborated with Baleri to create five pieces of furniture: Café Chair, Francesca Spanish, Richard III, Président M...
Leather
De Sede DS-144 Armchair in Black Leather Upholstery by Werner Aisslinger
By De Sede, Werner Aisslinger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sit the way you would sit in a racing car. Minimalist, streamlined language of design for maximum seating comfort: sitting in the lounge chair is like sitting in a quick, sleek speed...
Leather
It may not be filled with helium, but it’s almost as light.
The creative force behind some of the most inventive furniture and interiors of the past 30 years, the Amsterdam-based talent continues to take his work in new directions.
