Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

Whatever you put around yourself, you will be the mirror of it. Surround yourself with things you love.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

I collect memories. I look for opportunities to try new things, go to new places, and meet new people all the time.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

I am quite familiar with Dubai and its design scene. I have been a regular visitor for more than 10 years. It is hard to name an area where hospitality, friendship, culture, ambition, and beauty are so highly regarded.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

I'm 100 percent sure the love and energy we give to a project will end up inside of it. I think it's important that when we work on something, we do it with positive intentions, because this energy will be sensed in the design.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

That word 'fantasy' - I hardly ever hear it in the world of design. And that's very strange. You should hear it a lot. I think fantasy is a very important value that designers and artists should bring to the world.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

The 'Dezeen's of this world are extremely inspirational but have no realistic dimension any more.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

My design always has a political agenda. When I borrow components from various cultures and juxtapose them in an object, it is a message that co-existence is indeed possible. Design creates an ideal world where different ideas live close to each other in perfect harmony.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

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.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

People like their handbag more than their sofa, and I hate it.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

If I have any basic motivation, it's to inspire people to make their life a masterpiece.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

Food has always been at the frontier of creativity.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

What's special about Amsterdam is that the city is able to connect worlds that are not otherwise connected.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

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.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

If I look at my own growth, I started in product design. And we grew and created new products, and we were also able to change the idea of design a few times.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

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.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

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.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

So much in design is presented as a big miracle when it's just a repetition of what's been happening for 80 years.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

I like to find areas where design has not yet gone.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

When I wrote my book about Amsterdam, the main objective was to talk about the city's creativity rather than just its design.

Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders

I like swimming. I like the beach. I like fast cars. I like speedboats.