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.
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$5,883 / item
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Candy Cube Sabine Marcelis, various colours and dimensions
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A seemingly solid object with a glowing edge. Each Candy Cube begins as a polyester resin mould, cast and then subjected to an intensive polishing process. The result is light-sensi...
Resin
$5,883 / item
H 11.82 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Candy Cube by Sabine Marcelis, various colors and dimensions
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A seemingly solid object with a glowing edge. Each Candy Cube begins as a polyester resin mould, cast and then subjected to an intensive polishing process. The result is light-sensi...
Resin
$5,883 / item
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Candy Cubes Sabine Marcelis, various colours and dimensions
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A seemingly solid object with a glowing edge. Each Candy Cube begins as a polyester resin mould, cast and then subjected to an intensive polishing process. The result is light-sensi...
Resin
Candy Cube by Sabine Marcelis, Large
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A seemingly solid object with a glowing edge. Each Candy Cube begins as a polyester resin mould, cast and then subjected to an intensive polishing process. The result is light-sensi...
Resin
$11,767 / set
H 33 in W 40 in D 48 in
Set of 3 Candy Cube by Sabine Marcelis, various colours and dimensions
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Copenhagen, DK
The Candy Cube entered MoMA’s permanent collection in 2014. That fact alone positions it - not as collectible design that aspires to art, but as an object that has already crossed t...
Resin
Candy Cube by Sabine Marcelis
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A seemingly solid object with a glowing edge. Each Candy Cube begins as a polyester resin mould, cast and then subjected to an intensive polishing process. The result is light-sensi...
Resin
Candy Cube by Sabine Marcelis
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A seemingly solid object with a glowing edge. Each Candy Cube begins as a polyester resin mould, cast and then subjected to an intensive polishing process. The result is light-sensi...
Resin
Elena Cube Side Table by Studio Gaia Paris
Located in Geneve, CH
Elena Cube Side Table by Studio Gaia Paris Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 40 cm Materials: Amber, Green, White and Pink Onyx The Elena cube in striped onyx is a refined piece of furni...
Onyx
$5,000
H 20 in W 12 in D 12 in
Contemporary Two Way Shift Epoxy Resin Side Table / Stool Turquoise by Facture
By Facture Studio
Located in New York, NY
This playful multi-layered side table with a stacked cube design is available in different gradients of five primary colors. Created with a medley of gradual saturation shifts in opp...
Resin
$5,295 / item
H 20.08 in W 20.08 in D 20.08 in
Modern Onyx Cube Pink Side Table Pedestal Sculpture Handmade Portugal Greenapple
By GF Modern, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Onyx Cube, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern. Onyx Cube in Pink Onyx, a decorative piece that draws the eye with it's beautiful color and texture. ...
Onyx
Sabine Marcelis Contemporary High Cast Resin Candy Cube Side Table Night Stand
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sabine Marcelis Freestanding table in mint From the series “Candy Cubes” Manufactured by Sabine Marcelis Produced for Side Gallery Rotterdam...
Resin
Sabine Marcelis Pink Resin Candy Cube Contemporary Square Side Table, Rotterdam
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sabine Marcelis Candy Cubes series Manufactured by Studio Sabine Marcelis Rotterdam, 2017 High polished single cast resin Measurements 50 cm x 50 cm x ...
Resin
Sabine Marcelis Contemporary Mint Candy Cube Low Side Table High Cast Resin
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sabine Marcelis Freestanding table in Mint From the series “Candy Cubes” Manufactured by Sabine Marcelis Produced for Side Gallery Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017 High polished sing...
Resin
Sabine Marcelis Contemporary Candy Cube Side Table High Cast Polished Resin
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Barcelona, ES
Candy cube. Nude colour. From the series “Candy Cubes” Manufactured by Sabine Marcelis Produced for Side Gallery Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2019 High polished single cast resin. Siz...
Resin
Sabine Marcelis Mint Candy Cube Contemporary Side Table or Bed Stand Gloss Resin
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mint Candy cube From the series “Candy Cubes” Manufactured by Sabine Marcelis Produced for Side Gallery Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017 High polished single cast resin. Measurements...
Resin
Sabine Marcelis Forest Green Candy Cube Contemporary Side Table Polished Resin
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Barcelona, ES
Freestanding table in Forest Green From the series “Candy Cubes” Manufactured by Sabine Marcelis Produced for Side Gallery Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017 High polished single c...
Resin
