Dutch-Kiwi designer Sabine Marcelis’s work is at the forefront of contemporary material innovation in product and installation design. She works with glass manufacturers and more, forging partnerships across her industry to bring her ambitiously experimental projects to fruition.
Marcelis’s focus is on allowing happenstance sensory experiences to emerge by juxtaposing combinations of unlikely materials and colors. She was educated at the Design Academy Eindhoven and since founding her eponymous studio in 2011 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, she has built a remarkable roster of clients in fashion, architecture and art.
Marcelis has created signature pieces for the likes of Rem Koolhaas’s architecture firm OMA, high-fashion labels Fendi and Isabel Marant and luxury beauty brand Aēsop. She has also exhibited at the Salone del Mobile in Milan and won Wallpaper* magazine’s Designer of the Year award for 2020.
Marcelis was invited to create a sculptural intervention for the interiors of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich’s iconic Barcelona Pavilion, which saw the debut of the pair’s timeless Barcelona chair in 1929. For her “No Fear of Glass” exhibition, the designer subverted the original request made to van der Rohe to “not use too much glass” by designing chaise longues, pillar lights and a fountain that feature glass as the main material. The rest of her work is informed by a similarly sophisticated playfulness, as evident in the charming forms she creates — she has designed doughnut-shaped rugs, the multifunctional resin Candy Cube side tables and colorful asymmetrical glass mirrors.
Marcelis has the rare ability to create dynamic and fluid experiences by pushing the limits of craftsmanship. While her enchanting seating, lighting and other furnishings may appear effortless due to their fluid and simple forms, they are the result of relentless attention to detail and venturesome experiments with materiality.
Shop a variety of Sabine Marcelis's designs on 1stDibs.
Sabine Marcelis Console from “Stacked Collection” for SIDE
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sabine Marcelis Console From “Stacked Collection” Netherlands, 2023 Resin and Sunrise Delight Onyx. Measurements 108 x 45 x 100 h cm 42,5 x 17,7 x 39,4 h in Exclusive for SIDE Galle...
Marble
$2,692Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 9.85 in W 21.66 in D 21.66 in
Acerbis LOKUM S Coffee Table in smoked grey by Sabine Marcelis
By Sabine Marcelis, Acerbis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matter, light and colour come together in an intense interaction of materials. This collection embodies the elegance of pure forms, elevated through the use of hand-blown glass. Sabi...
Glass, Art Glass
$2,181Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 12.6 in W 17.72 in D 12.6 in
Acerbis LOKUM M Coffee Table in smoked grey by Sabine Marcelis
By Acerbis, Sabine Marcelis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matter, light and colour come together in an intense interaction of materials. This collection embodies the elegance of pure forms, elevated through the use of hand-blown glass. Sabi...
Glass, Art Glass
$2,200
H 27.5 in W 44 in D 17 in
Unusual Console Table by Lane from the "Copenhagen" Collection ca' 1950's
By Lane Acclaim
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual console by Lane circa 1950s from the "Copenhagen" collection. Original cut out with planter, lower shelf, Danish meets Chinese modern with beautiful woods and patina, tape...
Wood
Modern Stacked Pine Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern stacked pine console table, made with reclaimed pine in a French brown eclectic stained finish. A simple silhouette wrapped in geometric form with a nod to historical Brutalis...
Wood
Unavailable|$12,966
H 29.53 in W 51.19 in D 19.69 in
Angelo Mangiarotti Loico Collection White Carrara Marble Console for Skipper
By Skipper, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
Angelo Mangiarotti white Carrara marble Loico collection for Skipper console. Rare model and not in current production. c1980 Mark Emery, Furniture by Architects, New York, 1983, p. ...
Marble
$6,449Sale Price / set|45% Off
H 11.82 in W 47.25 in D 35.44 in
Arco Set of Two Dew Walnut Tables by Sabine Marcelis in STOCK
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in New York, NY
1)DEW 120X98X30 Top: Walnut Solid, 1000 pure, P-finish Base: Walnut Semi solid, 1000 pure, P-finish 1) Dew Coffee Table 90X74X37,5 Top: Walnut Solid, 1000 pure, P-finish Base: Walnu...
Walnut
$2,181Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 12.6 in W 17.72 in D 12.6 in
Acerbis LOKUM M Coffee Table in Amber by Sabine Marcelis
By Acerbis, Sabine Marcelis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matter, light and colour come together in an intense interaction of materials. This collection embodies the elegance of pure forms, elevated through the use of hand-blown glass. Sabi...
Glass, Art Glass
$2,692Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 9.45 in W 21.66 in D 21.66 in
Acerbis LOKUM S Coffee Table in Amber by Sabine Marcelis
By Sabine Marcelis, Acerbis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matter, light and colour come together in an intense interaction of materials. This collection embodies the elegance of pure forms, elevated through the use of hand-blown glass. Sabi...
Glass, Art Glass
$2,261Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 16.54 in W 12.6 in D 12.6 in
Acerbis LOKUM Coffee Table in smoked grey by Sabine Marcelis
By Sabine Marcelis, Acerbis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matter, light and colour come together in an intense interaction of materials. This collection embodies the elegance of pure forms, elevated through the use of hand-blown glass. Sabi...
Glass, Art Glass
Michael Taylor "Far East" Collection Console Table for Baker, 1960s
By Michael Taylor, Baker Far East Collection
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An exceptional and rare "Far East" console table designed by Michael Taylor for Baker Furniture, circa 1960s. Crafted in mahogany with a book matched Rosewood inlay, the piece exempl...
Mahogany
Customizable Arco Dew Table by Sabine Marcelis
By Sabine Marcelis, Arco
Located in New York, NY
Celebrated designer Sabine Marcelis introduces a new product: the Dew dining table. Dew marks a departure for Sabine. She’s translated her unique form language into a wooden object, ...
Wood
$7,500 / set
H 32.5 in W 32 in D 12 in
Early 20th Century Italian Console Tables from the Collection of Keith Richards
Located in Hudson, NY
This pair of Italian carved painted and gilded console tables were made circa 1900. They are formed as palm trees in a left and right form and exude great charm and whimsy. The paint...
Wood