Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
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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Early 2000s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 2000s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 2000s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 2000s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 2000s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 2000s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Delft, Porcelain
2010s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Delft, Porcelain
2010s Moroccan Folk Art Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Clay, Earthenware
2010s Moroccan Folk Art Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Clay, Earthenware
1970s Dutch International Style Vintage Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Moroccan Folk Art Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Clay, Earthenware
2010s Moroccan Folk Art Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Clay, Earthenware
1970s Dutch International Style Vintage Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
1960s Dutch Dutch Colonial Vintage Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Wood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
1940s American Adirondack Vintage Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Iron
1820s Dutch Antique Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Delft, Porcelain
2010s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Delft, Porcelain
2010s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Delft, Porcelain
2010s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain, Delft
2010s Dutch Marcel Wanders Figurative Sculptures
Delft, Porcelain