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

A product can live on one great idea. An interior needs 1,000 great ideas to really live, which makes interior design a…

— Marcel Wanders

I don't just want to create products. I want to reach into people's hearts and minds. I want to create memories.

— Marcel Wanders

I can't be boring. If people like my designs, then meet me and find out that I'm boring, they won't want my…

— Marcel Wanders

Luxury is not about the things that you own. It is about something that reflects your personal values, something that shows the…

— Marcel Wanders

In tech, people want an object for what's inside it, what it does. You need to make a defensive design that people…

— Marcel Wanders

I have been a designer all my life, and design, for me, is to share love and trust and show the future…

— Marcel Wanders

Often, I'm sitting opposite a client, and I'm thinking, 'How do I convince him to not copy the best-selling product out there?'…

— Marcel Wanders

The need to express yourself in Los Angeles makes the city so vibrant. If I lived here, it would be lovely to…

— Marcel Wanders

I love Milano. Historically, the city is the biggest intellectual design thinking container. It is the cradle of design as well as…

— Marcel Wanders

The one thing we should address is how design can play a role in the psychological durability of objects, to think of…

— Marcel Wanders

I am quite familiar with Dubai and its design scene. I have been a regular visitor for more than 10 years. It…

— Marcel Wanders

When I had just finished my degree show, I wrote down the 10 companies that I most wanted to work with, and…

— Marcel Wanders

There is no one I'd like to exclude when I design. It's not like I'm trying to design for everyone. Probably can't…

— Marcel Wanders

The fundamental dogma of Modernism - that, if the past is irrelevant to the future, then today is irrelevant to tomorrow -…

— Marcel Wanders

When I was a student, my first luxury purchase was a drafting table. It may not seem like a major purchase, but…

— Marcel Wanders

If we want a world that is truly sustainable, we have to realize that something old can also be perfect. Otherwise, we'll…

— Marcel Wanders

I really feel that design has the capacity to communicate, and I really have concentrated on the communication of positive values.

— Marcel Wanders

That word 'fantasy' - I hardly ever hear it in the world of design. And that's very strange. You should hear it…

— Marcel Wanders

It's difficult for a company to be anywhere interesting in a world that is so dominated by prototypes and great and bright…

— 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

A lot of companies are able to do without design. A few companies are able to do without creativity. A very few.…

— Marcel Wanders

We are buying stuff we know we don't need, and that is a problem we should face in design. It starts with…

— Marcel Wanders

M.A.C. stands for makeup, art, and cosmetics. We're about bringing all these worlds together - makeup, design, fashion.

— Marcel Wanders

Designers have been uncreative and very arrogant. They need to listen to people. People have always wanted more exciting, interesting design, but…

— Marcel Wanders

Whether or not you like an object, it's the product of an individual person making decisions about things. That's what makes it…

— Marcel Wanders

There are many design companies, but there are few designers who organize their own business and open it up to other designers.

— Marcel Wanders

I want to create a body of work that is really, deeply important to people. One of the vehicles I use is…

— Marcel Wanders