Marcel Wanders (1963) grew up in Boxtel, the Netherlands, and graduated with honours from ArtEZ University of the Arts in 1988. In 1996 he opened his studio Wanders Wonders and in 2001 moved its headquarters to Amsterdam. His fame began in 1996 with his iconic 'Knotted Chair', produced for Droog Design. Since then he has achieved notoriety in the design world, designing for major international companies such as Baccarat, Bisazza, Christofle, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, LH&E Group and Louis Vuitton.

Many of Marcel Wanders' projects have been included in the world's most important design collections and exhibitions and published in the most authoritative design magazines.

In 2006, Marcel Wanders was elected International Designer of the Year by Elle Decoration. His first solo exhibition, "Daydreams," was presented at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2009. His first major museum retrospective took place in 2014 at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. In 2016, his largest solo gallery exhibition, "Portraits," was shown at Friedman Benda in New York. In 2018, he was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame by the US magazine Interior Design and was awarded A&W Designer of the Year, considered the "Oscars of Design."

Marcel Wanders' design works have been celebrated in some of the most renowned art and design museums, such as the Centre Pompidou in France, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in the U.S.A., the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the U.S.A, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, U.S.A., the Museum of Modern Art in the U.S.A., the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, Germany, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Oita Prefectural Art Museum in Japan.

Considered by many an anomaly in the design world, Marcel Wanders has made it his mission to "create an environment of love, live with passion and make our most exciting dreams come true". His work excites and provokes at the same time, but never ceases to amaze with its ingenuity and its bold and unusual quest to lift the human spirit and entertain.

Marcel Wanders' main interest is to give design a human touch, inaugurating what he calls the 'new era' of design, in which designer, craftsman and recipient are reunited. In his path, Marcel Wanders challenges design dogma, favouring holistic rather than technocratic solutions. In this universe, the coldness of industrialism is replaced by poetry, fantasy and romanticism from different eras, brought vividly to life in the contemporary era.

“Geef altijd meer dan men verwacht.”
(Always give more than people expect.)
- Marcel Wanders -

RAMUN Bella, Knotted Chair, Egg Vase, Snotty Vase, V.I.P. Chair for Moooi, Crochet Chair, Skygarden for Flos, Westerhuis in Amsterdam, Mondrian South Beach Hotel in Miami, Villa Moda in Bahrain, Casa Son Vida in Palma, Kameha Grand Hotel in Bonn, Monster Chair for Moooi, Tableware for KLM, 'Dressed' table service for Alessi, Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht Hotel in Amsterdam, Tulip & Dahlia Chairs for Cappellini, Kameha Grand Hotel in Zurich, Chaise Longue for Louis Vuitton, Circus Collection for Alessi, Le Roi Soleil for Baccarat, The Donna Portals in Mallorca, Mondrian Doha Hotel in Doha, 'Lune Chair' and 'Diamond Screen' for Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades Collection, Hyde Panama residentials in Panama and many other famous projects.