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 Oblique Small Cupboard/Wall Shelf in Ochre Brown Lacquered Beech
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oblique is a cupboard slash a wall shelf. Make this the mood board of your lifestyle. Display all your favorite publications, company magazines, booklets, guides or photos in the chi...
Beech
Moooi Oblique Big Cupboard/Wall Shelf in Sepia Brown Lacquered Beech
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oblique is a cupboard slash a wall shelf. Make this the mood board of your lifestyle. Display all your favorite publications, company magazines, booklets, guides or photos in the chi...
Beech
Moooi Oblique Small Cupboard/Wall Shelf in Sepia Brown Lacquered Beech
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oblique is a cupboard slash a wall shelf. Make this the mood board of your lifestyle. Display all your favorite publications, company magazines, booklets, guides or photos in the chi...
Beech
Moooi Oblique Big Cupboard / Wall Shelf in Mahogany Brown Lacquered Beech
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oblique is a cupboard slash a wall shelf. Make this the mood board of your lifestyle. Display all your favorite publications, company magazines, booklets, guides or photos in the chi...
Beech
Moooi Oblique Big Cupboard/Wall Shelf in Curry Lacquered Beech
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oblique is a cupboard slash a wall shelf. Make this the mood board of your lifestyle. Display all your favorite publications, company magazines, booklets, guides or photos in the chi...
Beech
Moooi Oblique Big Cupboard/Wall Shelf in Cinnamon Stained Oak
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oblique is a cupboard slash a wall shelf. Make this the mood board of your lifestyle. Display all your favorite publications, company magazines, booklets, guides or photos in the chi...
Oak
2021 Marcel Wanders for MOOOI Oblique Big Bookshelf, lacquered, RAL9016 in White
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a Oblique Big Bookshelf made of white lacquered beech wood. The shelf was designed by Marcel Wanders and produced by Moooi in the Netherlands. It dates to circa 2...
Wood
1M + 1M Multileg Cabinet Lacquered in Brown by Jaime Hayon for BD Barcelona
By BD Barcelona Design, Jaime Hayon
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
1M + 1M Multileg Cabinet Lacquer by Jaime Hayon for BD Barcelona Jaime Hayon designed the Multileg collection in 2006, and it has cast a playful light on the BD catalogue ever since...
Wood
Kartell Sound Rack Modular Bookcase in Amber by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba
By Kartell, Ludovica + Roberto Palomba 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Multi-shaped and multi-purpose shelving system, stackable and modular, offering the possibility of creating a variety of geometric and chromatic compositions. This accessory can play the dual role as both container and room divider. IT IS a go...
Resin
Bookcase / Bookshelf Opinion Ciatti Ptolomeo 75 design Bruno Rainaldi - Corten
By Opinion Ciatti
Located in Varedo, MB
Brand: Opinion Ciatti Model: Ptolomeo 75 Collection: Original Ptolomeo Design by: Bruno Rainaldi Product Type: Free-Standing Vertical Bookcase Original Ptolomeo is the self-standin...
Steel
Milonga Bookcase in Lacquered Iron with Flamed Oak Shelves by Paolo Cappello
By Paolo Cappello, Miniforms
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Milonga is a bookcase with long legs, set with a delicate cadence between spaces. Either as a partition between rooms or, more traditionally, against a wall, this is an indispensable piece for organizing your home library. As well as being technical, Milonga is bold and distinctive, and plays on the colours of the tubes and the layout of the shelves. Indeed, it is the sequence of the shelves that gives the bookcase its sense of movement, echoing the rhythm of the lines printed in the exercise books of our childhood. Additional Information: Material: Iron, oak Structure Finishing • Lacquered Antracite • Lacquered Bianco • Lacquered Bisanzio • Lacquered Bloody Mary • Lacquered Burro • Lacquered Creta • Lacquered Grigio Seta • Lacquered Mattone • Lacquered Nero • Lacquered Nuvola • Lacquered Pino • Lacquered Pompei • Lacquered Zucca Shelves Finishing • Lacquered 13 colours • Black Ash • Canaletto Walnut • Flamed Oak...
Iron
Open Textured Natural Wood High Shelf with Metallic Bronze Finish by Ultramobili
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique, Nina Bookcase Library Wall Units by Ultramobili Dimensions: W 112 x D 47 x H 225 cm Materials: Chestnut Burl with storage element with flap door in wavy bronze finish. Nin...
Burl
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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.
