Marcel Wanders

Marcel Wanders (born 2 July 1963) is a Dutch industrial and interior designer. He is the art director of the Marcel Wanders studio in Amsterdam and co-founder of the furniture and interior design company Moooi.

Early life Born in Boxtel, Wanders graduated cum laude from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Institute of the Arts Arnhem in 1988 after being expelled from the Design Academy Eindhoven.

Career

In 2000 Wanders opened Marcel Wanders studio in Amsterdam, gaining attention in 1996 with his Knotted Chair, which paired high tech materials with 'low tech' production methods. Marcel Wanders is a product and interior design studio with clients such as Alessi, Baccarat, Bisazza, Christofle, Kosé, Flos, KLM, Hyatt, Laufen, LH&E Group, Louis Vuitton, Miramar Group, Morgans Hotel Group, Puma, Swarovski.

In 2001, with Casper Vissers, Wanders founded the design company Moooi, of which he is co-owner and art director. In 2014 Wanders worked as product and interior designer and art director work in his studio with around 50 international design specialists. They have realized over 1700+ projects Wanders is an advisory board member of THNK School of Creative Leadership.

Notable projects to date include interior architecture for such as the Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht Hotel, Kameha Grand hotel in Bonn, the Mondrian South Beach hotel in Miami, Quasar Istanbul Residences, and the Villa Moda flagship store in Bahrain, as well as private residences in Amsterdam and Mallorca.

In 2015, he was tapped by Revolution Precrafted to design a prefabricated house which he named Eden.

Many of Marcel Wanders' designs have been selected for design collections and exhibitions and featured in magazines. In 2006 he was elected International Designer of the Year by Elle Decoration. Wanders' first solo exhibition, 'Daydreams,’ in 2009, was held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Notable Projects

Knotted Chair (1996) Egg Vase (1997) Amsterdam Gay Games participants medal (1998) Snotty Vase (2001) V.I.P. Chair (2000) Carbon Chair (2004) Crochet Chubby Low Armchair (2006) Skygarden S1 (2007) Westerhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2008) Mondrian South Beach, Miami, Florida, United States (2008) Villa Moda, Bahrain (2009) Casa Son Vida, Palma, Mallorca, Spain (2009) Kameha Grand, Bonn, Germany (2009) COSME DECORTE 'AQMW' (Absolute Quality Miracle Wonder) Skin Care (2010) Monster Chair (2010) Tableware for KLM (2011) 'Dressed' tableware for Alessi (2011) Cosme Decorte 'AQMW' Absolute Quality Miracle Wonder Makeup (2012) Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2012) Kameha Grand Zürich (2015) Chaise Longue (2015) Alessi Circus for Alessi (2016) Le Roi Soleil for Baccarat (2016) Jardin d’Eden Lighting Collection for Christofle (2016) Iberostar Portal Nous (2017) Mondrain Doha (2017) 'Rocking Chair' and 'Diamond Screen' for Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades Collection (2017) Quasar Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey RAMUN Bella (in collaboration with Alessandro Mendini, 2019), named 2022 Best lighting of the year by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Global Design News

Publications Wanders Wonders: Design for a New Age (1999) Marcel Wanders: Behind The Ceiling (2009) Marcel Wanders: Interiors (2011) Marcel Wanders: Pinned Up 25 Years of Design (2013))