A biography for Marcel Wandershasn’t been written yet.
“I've turned into something of a health nut.”
“I like to be the jester - he is the only one the king doesn't question.”
“I want to create a world with objects and surroundings that are human, more romantic, and less sterile.”
“A lot of my work is intelligent, a lot of the work is beautiful, but I make ugly things, too.”
“My mom and dad had a store, and sometimes people would return broken stuff. I'd take it apart and reassemble it. At 16, I really understood the architecture of things.”
“Designers have been uncreative and very arrogant. They need to listen to people. People have always wanted more exciting, interesting design, but we designers didn't see it.”
“A product can live on one great idea. An interior needs 1,000 great ideas to really live, which makes interior design a whole orchestration of this art of juxtaposition, placement, and combination.”
“People like their handbag more than their sofa, and I hate it.”
“If something is functional, you no longer think about it. I care about how meaningful things are.”
“I like swimming. I like the beach. I like fast cars. I like speedboats.”
“Function is fundamental to design, of course. If something doesn't work, it's a bad product, and I certainly get frustrated by things that aren't functional. But there has to be more than function. A house has to function, but if that's all it does, you don't love it.”
“The things I own are sacred.”
“Design, by definition, is an eco-friendly activity, as its aim is to create objects which are meaningful and durable. Trends always cost resources, but a true designer creates wares which will remain relevant forever.”
“My parents weren't cultured people.”
“I like transparency. I love to have views throughout the house.”
“I want to create a body of work that is really, deeply important to people. One of the vehicles I use is business.”
“There is always a reason behind things that are made, and if there isn't, there will be one when they travel through the world. The objects of beauty are used to impress, seduce, overwhelm, make money, support identities, and show power or style, among other things.”
“I wear mascara sometimes, a little lip gloss.”
“I'm not a person who regrets - it doesn't make me smarter to regret something.”
“We should make things that people don't want to throw away.”