Marcel Wanders

Marcel Wanders

Marcel Wanders




- Marcel Wanders was born and raised in Boxtel, The Netherlands on July 2nd, 1963. 




- In 1988, he graduates cum laude from the School of the Arts Arnhem. 


- Rose to fame with his design, the Knotted Chair


- He is the Director and co-owner of Moooi, a company founded in 2000. 


- He is most know for his work for the Dutch conceptual design company, Droog.




                                                                                                

  

Knotted Chair

- His designs were nominated several times for the Rotterdam Design Prize

- Marcel Wander's work is mostly focused on interior design projects, but he has since started designing consumer home appliances. 

- In 2005, with Peter Lute, they invent the "Lute Suites"

- In 2007, he designs several lifestyle products with Puma, mostly beach accesories. 

The Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco, the V&A Museum in London, the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Decorative Arts Copenhagen, and the Central Museum in Utretcht have all had exhibitions of Wanders' design.

VIDEOS

Marcel Wanders answer some questions about design and his work:

Marcel Wanders on Inspiration

Marcel Wanders on Design

Marcel Wanders on Old and New

"The new should be recognize from the past (...) I want to make things that are connected with who we have always been"


LINKS

Click here to watch Marcel Wanders interviewed by Cedric Morisset


Click here to see Marcel Wanders' explanation on the Senseo and his theories about design