Marcel Wanders: Daydreams

at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a multimedia exhibition of works by Marcel Wanders, whose unique fusion of technology, artistry, and wit have established him as a leading figure in international design. Created specifically for the Museum, the installation will showcase the designer’s favorite projects over the last twenty years, including prototypes, personal editions, and objects never before exhibited.   

Trained in The Netherlands as an industrial designer, Wanders’ work ranges from manufactured products and design-art to architecture and interior design.  Using shifting video images, light, and sound, Marcel Wanders: Daydreams will dramatize the evolution of Wanders’ design process and philosophy with visual and aural storytelling. Several films will demonstrate how Wanders’ works are interrelated, the result of an exuberantly creative design mind in a multidisciplinary practice  A selection of what Wanders considers his most essential works will be on view, among them:  Knotted Chair, Bell Big Ben Bianco, Calvin, Lucky One, Extra Big Shadow Floor Lamp, Moosehead, Crochet Chair, New Antiques Chair, and Blow Lamp.  

Lute Suites - Suite 5 Philosophy Trailblazers Peter Lute and Marcel Wanders, pioneers in hospitality and design, have come up with an innovative and unparalleled concept: Lute Suites. It is the first ‘urban’ project of this kind in the world. For, instead of establishing facilities in a fixed, specific location, these suites will in the course of time be spread across a great number of locations throughout the entire city of Amsterdam. All the suites are fitted out with every imaginable comfort and the interiors are utterly unique in every detail. The contribution of the illustrious design labels Boffi, Bisazza and Moooi was essential in realising this ambitious concept. A row of exquisitely beautiful, 18th century cottages, all commanding views of the Amstel River and the spectacular Dutch skies, have been converted into 7 suites. The appeal of the Lute Suites is that the guests enjoy complete freedom of movement combined with truly homely surroundings, which make them ideal for a longer stay. The modern and simultaneously classical decor imbues the suites with a delightful ambience, combining warmth with a global style; an ideal environment for expats. The comfort and the service included offer these international travellers a very comfortable home base. And this is just the effect Lute and Wanders wished to achieve with their concept. All the Suites have their own front door and comprise a living room, a separate bathroom and a separate bedroom. In the living room, a kitchenette and a wine rack provide the necessary home comforts, while the flat screen lcd-screen and DVD-players invite you to kick off your shoes and wind down at the end of the day. photography by Inga Powilleit, styling by Tatjana Quax *** Local Caption *** Commissioned by Lute Suites (Peter Lute, Marieke Lute en Marcel Wanders) - Concept: Marcel Wanders studio Design: Marcel Wanders studio: Marcel Wanders, Karin Krautgartner - Project team: Marcel Wanders, Karin Krautgartner, Rebecca Wijsb
Big Shadows Material: metal structure and white cotton lamp- shade Dimensions: Extra Big Shadow 2020 mm x 510-950 mm Big Shadow 1200 mm x 300-560 mm Little Big Shadow 860 mm x 300-560 mm Design: Marcel Wanders 1998 Extra Big Shadow, Can mushrooms grow inside, can extra big be light, can shadows be gold? Extra big shadow (PO/9812) A limited edition of 300 pieces
Knotted Chair ( Droog Design ) Macramé meets high-tech. By a surprising marriage of handcraft and industrial technology this lightweight chair is born. The rope made of an aramide braid and carbon centre is knotted into the shape of a chair. The slack texture is then impregnated with epoxy and hung in a frame to harden. Gaudi revisited: gravity creates the final shape. The transparent appearance of the chair misleads you, the knotted fibre, which doesn't want to collapse looks strange, alien perhaps. The chair invites to touch and try. Despite all his modern technology he has a lovely doltishness, which bring out it's individual and personal character. Some products are a forerunner, a come out to new inventions, materials and technology. The knotted chair is such a product. Jury-report Rotterdam design prize 1997, ‘Knotted Chair' by Marcel Wanders appeals to the imagination because it realizes the designer's age-old dream: making something soft and flat become rigid and three-dimensional by means of a couple of technical inventions. Moreover he rescues the traditionally pure, practical and constructive macramé technique from stuffy image that it has had since the Sixties by linking it up with the latest technology. The knotted chair is selected and presented for the Cappellini Collection. The Museum of Modern Art New York amongst many others buys the chair. The Chair won the prize of the public of the Rotterdam design prize and Wanders won the Kho Liang I incentive prize for industrial design with it. Material: aramide carbon rope, epoxy Dimensions: 72 x 56 cm x D: 65 cm (h x w x d) Design: 1996 Distributed by Cappellini, Italy
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