Marcel Wanders - at every important international exhibition in Milan, Paris or Cologne. He designs large-scale residences and hotels in Istanbul, Taipei, Bonn or Zurich. He manages to replenish the collections of his own brand Moooi, create things for Louis Vuitton, accessories for Christofle, mosaics for Bisazza and participate in museum exhibitions (for example, such as Faire le mur together with Pierre Frey).
Collection of mosaic Gray Tulips, Bisazza. 2016 Among the notable works are hotel interiors in the spirit of Gesamtkunstwerk, all filled with Wanders' opuses: from bar stools and giant bells to forks and knives - such as the Kameha Grand Zurich, a hotel ready to receive 960 guests at a time. According to the concept - the hotel is made as according to the plot - this is “Alice in Wonderland”.
Watch, call. Jardin d'Eden, Сhristofle. 2016. Height 2 m. “Tell stories” is a trend in modern design. Each interior, filled with its objects, wallpaper, coatings and accessories, according to its content, pulls into a full-fledged novel.
Folding chaise lounge lounge chair, louis vuitton. 2016. Ommazh designer Joe Colombo and his armchair Tube Lounge. Wanders turned the idea of Dutch designers as modest bicycle inventors and authors of Protestant benches. The flagships of the furniture industry eagerly invite Marseille to dilute the monotonous model line with a fantasy novelty. Lux has long been considered a permanent contributor. Museum workers, it seems, have already agreed to the neighborhood of its logo (self-portrait with a golden clown nose) next to Vermeer and Rembrandt. At the book fair in Frankfurt in October 2015, Marcel Wanders presented the book Rijks, Masters of the Golden Age. Inside there are 60 pictorial masterpieces of the 17th century from the collection of the State Art Museum in Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, which has recently been noisily opened after a ten-year reconstruction. The unique volume weighs 40 kg and already adorns the Rijksmuseum library.
Kover Blouberry Fields, Diz. M. Vanders, Signatures Collection, Moooi carpets, Moooi. 2015. Under two meters, with posture, outstanding perennial yoga, always in a black suit a la clown or entertainer, with Rainbow beads around his neck. Even people who are far from design know that there is a Dutch magician who designs lace chairs, smears vases and dishes with blue paint, makes glowing outfits, lays out giant flowers and kaleidoscopic patterns with mosaics.
Marcel Wanders imposes Impressions decorative flooring on the Westerhuis floor. The neo-baroque narcotic vision style was very successful in the mid-2000s. Everyone remembers naked athletes, as well as naked children and naked olds, shot by Erwin Olaf (Erwin Olaf) to advertise the company Moooi. Modernist design despised decor, Wanders put decor at the forefront. “Enough of the function, you need more love. More fantasy, dreams, memories and feelings, ”says the designer. How to achieve this? The best tool ?? - mass production, imitating manual work. His entire creative process is similar to the need to write a short Japanese haiku, in which texture, color and symbol will come together.
Chair Monster (2001), Moooi. Photographer Erwin Olaf. 
Chandelier Raimond, LED. Diz. Raimond Puts for Moooi. 2010. Photographer Erwin Olaf. 
Chair Carbon Ballon, Personal Editions (2014). Carbon. Weight 800 g 
Lamp Eye Shadow, Cappellini. PVC, viscose, print. 33 copies 1998 lamp redesign 
The Knotted Chair is designed for Droog Design in 1996. Cappellini is available. 
Stool Stone, Kartell. 2006. Plastic. 
Zeppelin chandelier, paraphrase on Taraxacum chandelier, diz. A. Castiglioni, Flos. MARСEL WANDERS Cуперзвезда голландского дизайна. Выпускник Института искусств в Арнеме. В 2001 году с Каспером Виззерсом основал бренд Moooi. Проектировал для B&B Italia, Cappellini, Puma, Bisazza, Flos, Baccarat. Автор интерьерных проектов в Голландии, Майами, Нью-Йорке, Индонезии, Катаре.
He was born on July 2, 1963. In addition to design, Marcel professionally studied alternative therapy: neuro-linguistic programming and neuro-emotional integration. The decoration on the neck of the Tape (call. Breakfast of a Rabbit) in the form of a tape contains an audio recording of how a rabbit crunches carrots. Or his collection of Airborn Snotty decorative vases. Sputum samples from people with various diseases were scanned, enlarged many times and printed on 3D printers according to the received forms - each vase is named exactly according to the diagnosis: “Sinusitis”, “Hay fever”, “Rhinitis”. Signed and Knotted Сhair ("The chair in the knots", 1996, produced by Cappellini). The basis of fiberglass and plastic mimics the technique of macrame.
Another Wanders trump card is that he is the only designer who is not afraid to give objects the “dark side of the soul”, to express fading fear and melancholy (call Monster Сhair). Marseille admits that his work is loved in other countries, but is perceived coolly in his native Holland. And the scope of his business shows that Wanders, with his irrational burden to the beautiful, with dreams and fantasies, remains a real Dutchman, and with the toughest modernist training.
