Marcel Wanders

Great Talent, Design and Vision

His name is Marcel Wanders and he is the visionary behind some of the most innovative and exciting furniture and interior design today. This dreamy Dutch designer has revolutionized the design field with his sometimes whimsical styling and ambitious designs. Wanders is noted for being one of the designers to help form Droog Design and the creation of his Knotted Chair, which won him international fame back in the 1990’s. Since then Wanders has designed for some of the hottest European furniture/lighting manufactures such as B&B Italia, Poliform, Moroso, Flos, Boffi and Cappellini. Another of note is Moooi of which wanders is Co-founder and art director, Moooi is currently of the HOTTTEST international design labels. I was first introduced to his products while attending the ICFF in NYC not to long ago. I found his work inspiring, sometimes dazzling while remaining functional for every day use. Wanders accomplishments range from teaching at various design academies in the Netherlands and else where to lecturing for companies suck as Nike, organizations such as IDFA and at the SFMoMA. Wanders has been featured in some of my Favorite publications such as Wallpaper, Icon, Elle Décor, I.D. Magazine and even the Washington Post, Business week and lastly the New York Times. If you are a designer, architect, engineer or a novice, I highly recommend checking out his site at http http://www.marcelwanders.com/ .

A personal favorite when designing is selecting lighting and Wanders meets all of my own eccentric and functional lighting needs
One of the coolest designs I saw at the ICFF was the Zeppelin Chandelier a very classic looking piece taken to the next level with its fabric wrapping and disco ball looking bottom globe. It reminds me of a haunted house with a chandelier covered in cobwebs.

A new edition to his collection is the Sky Garden, from an article I read the inside of the dome was inspired by old plaster ceilings.

In the US, Wanders has been working on the opening of the Mondrian hotel and residences in South Beach MIA. These images are hard to get and mostly computer generated but give you a great idea of the style and vision of this place.

Another very cool design worth checking out ont he Web is the Mandarina Duck (IT) Store that Wanders designed. Wanders career in my opinion has gone beyond being "one to watch" on to being a leader in the industry and perhaps one of the most brilliant minds of our time.