Marcel Wanders Armchairs
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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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Wood, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
2010s Dutch Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Steel, Chrome
Early 2000s Dutch Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Cord, Epoxy Resin, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Chrome
1970s American Modern Vintage Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
2010s Dutch Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Upholstery
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Plastic
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Steel
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Leather, Reed, Beech
2010s German Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Textile
2010s Italian Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Leather
2010s Italian Modern Marcel Wanders Armchairs
Aluminum