Marcel Wanders

Marcel Wanders His chief concern is to bring the human touch back to design, ushering in a ‘new age of design’, in which designer, craftsperson and user are reunited.

Marcel Wanders is a leading product and interior designer with over 2500+ iconic products and interior design experiences worldwide for private clients and premium brands. Marcel Wanders is a leading product and interior designer with over 1,900 + iconic product and interior design experiences all around the globe for private clients and premium brands such as Alessi, Baccarat, Bisazza, Christofle

, Kosé Corporation/ Decorté, Flos, KLM, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, LH&E Group, Louis Vuitton, Miramar Group, Morgans Hotel Group, Puma among scores of others. Marcel Wanders 30 years of design are celebrated in some of the most renowned art and design museums, including Centre Pompidou FR; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, US; Metropolitan Museum of Art, US; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, US; Museum of Modern Art, US; Pinakotheke der Moderne, Munich, DE; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL; Oita Prefectural Art Museum, JP among others. Regarded by many as an anomaly in the design world, Marcel Wanders has made his mission to “create an environment of love, live with passion and make our most exciting dreams come true.” The work excites, provokes, and polarises, but never fails to surprise for its ingenuity, daring and singular quest to uplift the human spirit, and entertain. In this process, Marcel Wanders defies design dogma, preferring instead to focus on holistic solutions rather than the technocratic. In this universe, the coldness of industrialism is replaced instead by the poetry, fantasy and romance of different ages, vividly brought to life in the contemporary moment. www.marcelwanders.com

The most meaningful designs often begin with an act of generosity. With Opera Buona, Marcel Wanders joined a collective ...
24/06/2026

The most meaningful designs often begin with an act of generosity. With Opera Buona, Marcel Wanders joined a collective effort where twenty architects, chefs and twenty writers came together around a single idea: that beauty can care.
Created in support of Opera San Francesco per i Poveri, the project brought creative minds together around human dignity, transforming artistic expression into tangible support for those in needs.

Founded in 1959 originally as a dedicated soup kitchen providing hot meals to those facing difficulties, Opera San Francesco per i Poveri (directed by Fra Marcello Longhi) has expanded into an essential, multi-tiered welfare resource for individuals and families facing severe economic and social hardship in Milan. Beyond the provision of essential material goods, the foundation works to build pathways toward human dignity, baseline trust, and social renewal.

Opera Buona is a reminder that the value of design is not measured only by what it creates, but by the lives it reaches.

The New Classic challenges the notion that bathrooms should feel clinical or detached from the rest of the home. Instead...
21/06/2026

The New Classic challenges the notion that bathrooms should feel clinical or detached from the rest of the home. Instead, it introduces warmth, personality and a sense of belonging through thoughtful forms, rich textures and an atmosphere that speaks to everyday wellbeing. Every element contributes to a setting where function and feeling exist in perfect harmony.

From the deep blue immersion of Madrid to the contemporary oasis of São Paulo, LAUFEN Space together with Marcel Wanders continues to redefine what a bathroom can be. No longer a room devoted solely to routine, but a deeply personal sanctuary where time slows, the senses awaken and everyday life acquires a touch of poetry.

Photo credit: LAUFEN Bathrooms

The LAUFEN Space Installation at Expo Revestir 2026 in São Paulo also marked a new evolution of The New Classic. Marcel ...
19/06/2026

The LAUFEN Space Installation at Expo Revestir 2026 in São Paulo also marked a new evolution of The New Classic. Marcel Wanders presented a series of new ceramic reliefs that transform the washbasin into a tactile landscape. Cosmopolitan, Bohemian and Ornamental each tell a different story, allowing light and shadow to animate the surface throughout the day. These subtle interventions invite touch, curiosity and closer observation, enriching the relationship between people and the objects they use every day.

Made possible by LAUFEN's pioneering SaphirKeramik, the collection achieves an extraordinary balance between delicacy and strength. Technical innovation becomes almost invisible, leaving space for emotion, character and experience to take centre stage.
Throughout the LAUFEN Space journey, one belief remains at the centre of Marcel's vision: luxury begins with love, humanity and consciousness.

Photo credit: LAUFEN Bathrooms

After the success of Madrid and Prague, LAUFEN Bathrooms' journey to transform the bathroom from a functional space into...
18/06/2026

After the success of Madrid and Prague, LAUFEN Bathrooms' journey to transform the bathroom from a functional space into a place of experience continued in São Paulo.
For Marcel Wanders, the bathroom has never been a purely functional space. It is where the day begins and where it quietly comes to an end. A room for reflection, imagination and private rituals. At Expo Revestir 2026, LAUFEN Space invited visitors to experience this idea firsthand, creating an environment that felt more like a sanctuary than a conventional exhibition stand.

At the heart of the installation stood The New Classic collection, a celebration of elegance, comfort and contemporary craftsmanship. Soft curves, refined proportions and carefully considered details brought a sense of familiarity rarely associated with the bathroom. Amid the intensity of the fair, the installation offered something increasingly rare: a moment of calm, beauty and connection.

Photo credit: LAUFEN Bathrooms

Thirty years after its debut, the Knotted Chair continues to hold a place within the permanent collections of some of th...
14/06/2026

Thirty years after its debut, the Knotted Chair continues to hold a place within the permanent collections of some of the world's most respected museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein. This recognition extends far beyond aesthetics. The chair marked a decisive moment in design history, dissolving the boundaries between craft and technology, tradition and innovation, softness and strength. It changed the way designers thought about materials and what they could become.

The Knotted Chair was also included in the Vitra Miniatures Collection, the hall of fame of furniture design. Reduced in scale, yet carrying the same sense of wonder, it stands among a select group of designs that have shaped the cultural landscape of furniture. And from 27 June, 2026 the Knotted Chair can also be seen in Toulon as part of the Suivez Textile & Design exhibition, organised in collaboration with Centre Pompidou.

The Knotted Chair reminds us that true innovation is rarely loud. Sometimes it begins with a simple knot, a gesture of the hand and a leap of imagination. Thirty years later, it still feels less like a chair and more like a small miracle suspended in mid air.

The Knotted Chair is a rebellion wrapped in elegance. At a time when design celebrated precision, restraint and machine ...
12/06/2026

The Knotted Chair is a rebellion wrapped in elegance. At a time when design celebrated precision, restraint and machine perfection, Marcel Wanders chose emotion, ornament and character. He dared to suggest that objects could carry the fingerprints of their maker, that beauty could be imperfect, and that technology could serve poetry rather than erase it. The Knotted Chair became a manifesto woven into form.

The Knotted Chair arrived at precisely the right moment and immediately captured international attention following its presentation in Milan in 1996. A journalist from Interni Magazine famously described it as the only interesting design at the entire fair. Soon after, it was praised as groundbreaking by both The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune, confirming its place among the most influential designs of its generation. The chair also earned Marcel the Kho Liang Ie Incentive Prize in 1996 and the Public Prize of the Rotterdam Design Prize in 1997.

As Marcel said: "Design doesn't need to be dead perfect. It can have the imperfection of the human hand and the soul of its maker inside. It can have its own decorative quality and doesn't have to be minimalist. It can be feminine in its handwriting. All these things came together in the Knotted Chair."

Its innovation remains astonishing even today. A cord with a carbon fibre core and aramid outer layer was knotted by hand using macramé techniques, saturated with epoxy resin and suspended in a frame while gravity sculpted its final form. A textile became architecture. A rope became a chair.
Decades later, its story continues to be celebrated by leading design and lifestyle publications, from Dezeen to Wallpaper* magazine, ELLE DECOR, ELLE DECORATION and Marie Claire Maison.

1996–2026: The impossible made possible.Thirty years ago, a chair arrived in Milan and quietly unsettled the rules of de...
11/06/2026

1996–2026: The impossible made possible.
Thirty years ago, a chair arrived in Milan and quietly unsettled the rules of design. Created for the Dutch collective Droog during the Dry Tech project, Marcel Wanders transformed a humble knot into something almost impossible: a chair that appeared delicate as lace, yet possessed remarkable strength. Aerospace materials met an age old craft, while gravity itself became part of the making process. What emerged was neither purely handmade nor purely industrial, but a new territory in between.

The chair is created by suspending an epoxy soaked knotted structure within a wooden frame, allowing gravity to define the final shape of the seat. The first pieces were crafted by Marcel himself before demand quickly spread far beyond his workshop. Cappellini soon took over production and distribution, helping bring this remarkable creation to an international audience. The Knotted Chair began its journey from experimental object to design icon.

As Marcel reflected: "I wanted to make a product that doesn’t look industrial, a design that shows that it is lovingly made especially for someone, with the same kind of aura as an old worn down wooden cupboard. Knotting is a technique with which you can achieve this artisan atmosphere."

With Lady Jane, Marcel Wanders imagined the salon as a place between intimacy and imagination, where every gesture of ca...
08/06/2026

With Lady Jane, Marcel Wanders imagined the salon as a place between intimacy and imagination, where every gesture of care is accompanied by an atmosphere of refinement. The collection carries a gentle and dreamlike character, where every object feels composed with extraordinary attention, from the rolling trolley adorned with a golden flower pull to the reception desk shaped with welcoming contours that invite human connection before a single word is spoken.

The collection revealed how profoundly furniture can influence emotion within a space dedicated to care and transformation. Marcel Wanders approached the salon as one would approach a grand interior, layering silhouettes, textures and light into a complete narrative. Lady Jane offers more than aesthetic refinement. It restores poetry to environments too often governed only by efficiency.

Photo credit: Selection of salons by GAMMA & BROSS

07/06/2026

A collection transforming a salon into a destination. For Marcel Wanders, comfort has never belonged to function alone. With the Lady Jane Collection for GAMMA & BROSS the human body became the starting point for an entire landscape of forms. The styling chair follows the posture of repose rather than performance, while the shampoo unit curves around its guest with the generosity of a lounge designed for stillness. Even the mirrors possess an almost theatrical presence, framed like garments worn by royal figures from another age.

Created over a two year process, this collection carries the ambition of transforming professional equipment into an emotional experience. Chrome, matt black and gold surfaces catch the light with quiet drama, while layered floral patterns bring depth and softness into the space. Marcel conceived Lady Jane as a destination rather than a setting, a place where elegance exists without contradiction.

Marcel Wanders has never confined his imagination to a single world or discipline. From grand interiors to delicate obje...
05/06/2026

Marcel Wanders has never confined his imagination to a single world or discipline. From grand interiors to delicate objects, his design language has always travelled freely between unexpected territories. With Lady Jane Collection for Gamma & Bross, Marcel brought this vision into the realm of professional beauty spaces, following the remarkable success of the earlier Collezione Privata. Rather than treating the salon as a purely functional environment, he envisioned it as a sanctuary shaped by comfort, elegance and emotional calm.

Mirrors rise like illuminated portraits from another century, chairs soften around the body as though remembering its shape, and every curve carries the serenity of a private retreat. Floral reliefs stitched into the upholstery introduce a tactile richness, while gold accents appear like fragments of jewellery scattered throughout the room. Lady Jane transforms the rituals of beauty into something intimate and atmospheric, where rest itself becomes part of the experience.

Photo credit: Gamma & Bross

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