We’ve brought you another contemporary designer for today’s Design Influence post. Though he’s described as an industrial designer, Marcel Wanders' work spans much more into the furniture and interior design worlds, reaching tons of people and inspiring fabulous style. He’s not only been a huge influence in his native Netherlands; he’s a huge influence everywhere!
It’s hard to peg down Wanders’ exact style. His pieces and designs makeup a wide range of colors, shapes and styles, but no doubt a similar characteristic of his work is its accessibility. Though his pieces do often stretch the limits of design, most of his work has the ability to work with anyone’s home or tastes. Featuring curves, straight lines, crazy materials, standard materials—though you can’t always pinpoint a Wanders' piece right away, you can always see how high-quality it is.
Wanders’ fame no doubt began in 1995 with the design of his Knotted Chair, which he designed for the collaborative Droog Design. The Knotted Chair, with its gorgeous aesthetics and innovative material use put Wanders’ name on the map, and his subsequent work with the influential Droog Design group helped cement his status. Droog Design is an internationally known Dutch design collective responsible for the design and manufacture of forward-thinking furniture and architectural features.
Wanders has gone on to do plenty of other designs for Droog Design, but he’s also worked with and designed for other European furniture companies like B&B Italia, Bisazza, Poliform, Moroso, Flos, Boffi, Cappellini. He not only designs for the famous company Moooi, he’s also the art director and co-owner. Other famous furniture and design pieces of Wanders include his Crochet Chair, Container Table, Pebbles stool/container, Eppo chair and much, much more.
Wanders has also lent his eye to interiors, which have been stylish, sophisticated and beautiful, like the Interior of the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, the interior of WanderDuck the flagship store in London, design of the VIP room in the Dutch pavilion at the Worldexpo in Hanover, and more.
Wanders hasn’t just stopped at interior and furniture design; he’s often a lecturer around the world, is involved in global exhibitions of his work, covered in all types of design media outlets and more. To even list all the awards he’s received for his work would take up five blog posts. The most impressive thing about Wanders, though, (and our favorite thing) is that he’s never forgotten the most important thing about design, and that’s to make people’s lives better. That’s why this internationally recognized design influence has even collaborated with outlets like Target to share his style with everyone.
It’s hard to peg down Wanders’ exact style. His pieces and designs makeup a wide range of colors, shapes and styles, but no doubt a similar characteristic of his work is its accessibility. Though his pieces do often stretch the limits of design, most of his work has the ability to work with anyone’s home or tastes. Featuring curves, straight lines, crazy materials, standard materials—though you can’t always pinpoint a Wanders' piece right away, you can always see how high-quality it is.
Wanders’ fame no doubt began in 1995 with the design of his Knotted Chair, which he designed for the collaborative Droog Design. The Knotted Chair, with its gorgeous aesthetics and innovative material use put Wanders’ name on the map, and his subsequent work with the influential Droog Design group helped cement his status. Droog Design is an internationally known Dutch design collective responsible for the design and manufacture of forward-thinking furniture and architectural features.
Wanders has gone on to do plenty of other designs for Droog Design, but he’s also worked with and designed for other European furniture companies like B&B Italia, Bisazza, Poliform, Moroso, Flos, Boffi, Cappellini. He not only designs for the famous company Moooi, he’s also the art director and co-owner. Other famous furniture and design pieces of Wanders include his Crochet Chair, Container Table, Pebbles stool/container, Eppo chair and much, much more.
Wanders has also lent his eye to interiors, which have been stylish, sophisticated and beautiful, like the Interior of the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, the interior of WanderDuck the flagship store in London, design of the VIP room in the Dutch pavilion at the Worldexpo in Hanover, and more.
Wanders hasn’t just stopped at interior and furniture design; he’s often a lecturer around the world, is involved in global exhibitions of his work, covered in all types of design media outlets and more. To even list all the awards he’s received for his work would take up five blog posts. The most impressive thing about Wanders, though, (and our favorite thing) is that he’s never forgotten the most important thing about design, and that’s to make people’s lives better. That’s why this internationally recognized design influence has even collaborated with outlets like Target to share his style with everyone. 
