Marcel Wanders

MARCEL WANDERS (Amsterdam, 1963)
"Moooi floor lamp", 1989.
Fabric lampshades.
It has a slight tear in the inner cap and a small stain on the upper lampshade.
It has a label.
Measurements: 115 x 30 x 30 cm.
The Moooi floor lamp is an iconic design signed by Marcel Wanders. The piece is composed of several fabric lampshades stacked one on top of the other and creating a vertical structure.
Marcel Wanders is a Dutch designer, artistic director of the Marcel Wanders studio in Amsterdam, which designs architectural, interior and industrial projects. Wanders graduated cum laude from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Institute of the Arts Arnhem in 1988 after being expelled from the Design Academy Eindhoven. In 2000 he opened his studio in Amsterdam, attracting attention in 1996 with his Knotted Chair, which combined high-tech materials with "low-tech" production methods. Together with Casper Vissers, Wanders founded the design company Moooi. Wanders works as a product and interior designer and art director in his Powerhouse studio with some 50 international design specialists. Wanders has received several design awards, including the Rotterdam Design Prize and the Kho Liang Ie Prize. He has lectured at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Limn, the Academy of Design, Nike, IDFA, FutureDesignDays and many of the world's most prestigious design academies.