Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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 Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
Steel, Wrought Iron
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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Early 20th Century European Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
Wrought Iron
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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21st Century and Contemporary Lithuanian Modern Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
Marble, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
1950s American Vintage Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Marcel Wanders Dry Bars
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