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Marcel Wanders grew up in Boxtel, the Netherlands, and graduated cum laude from the School of the Arts Arnhem in 1988. Marcel Wanders’ fame started with his iconic Knotted Chair, which he produced for Droog Design in 1996. He is now ubiquitous, designing for the biggest European contemporary design manufacturers like B&B Italia, Bisazza, Poliform, Moroso, Flos, Boffi, Cappellini, Droog Design and Moooi of which he is also art director and co-owner. Founded in 2000, Moooi has grown into an internationally renowned design label. Additionally, Marcel Wanders works on architectural and interior design projects and recently turned his attention to consumer home appliances. Marcel was the editor of the International Design Yearbook 2005. In the same year, together with Chef Peter Lute, he established the extraordinary LUTE SUITES hospitality concept, the first "all over city suites" hotel in the world. He also designed the interior of Blits, a new restaurant in Rotterdam and the interior of the restaurant ‘Thor’ at the Hotel on Rivington in New York including bar, lounge and private club. Marcel is the first and among the most important designers of Droog design. He was a juror for various prizes like the Rotterdam Design Prize (for which his own products were nominated several times) and the Kho Liang Ie prize. He lectured at SFMoMA, Limn, the Design Academy, Nike, IDFA, FutureDesignDays and has taught at various design academies in the Netherlands and abroad. Various designs of Marcel Wanders have been selected for the most important design collections and exhibitions in the world, like the Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco, the V&A Museum in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Central Museum in Utrecht, Museum of Decorative Arts Copenhagen and various Droog Design exhibitions. Coverage on Marcel has been published in all leading design magazines and newspapers such as Domus, Interni, Blueprint, Design Report, Frame, I.D. magazine, Abitare, Wallpaper, Nylon, Elle decoration, Icon, Esquire, the International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, the Financial Times, the New York Times and Business Week. |
Description :
Rois de la forêt is a vase designed by dutch designer Marcel Wanders for Baccarat. Marcel Wanders brings a new humanistic spirit, full of creativity and fantasy, to the art of glassmaking. He drew his inspiration from nature, Baccarat know-how and the Dutch art of lace making, combining various materials and patterns. Large Rois de la forêt vases are numbered and signed Baccarat & Marcel Wanders , in a limited edition of 100 copies.
Characteristics :
Made in richly and deeply cut crystal
Coloured metal base
Colors base gunmetal, chrome, gold or ruby
Dimensions :
Diameter 19.5 cm (21 3⁄4 Inches)
Height 55 cm (7 3⁄4 Inches)
In 1764, the authority of King Louis XV of France to the bishop of Metz, Bishop de Montmorency-Laval, founded a glassworks in the village of Baccarat in eastern France in Lorraine. After 52 years, the first crystal oven starts at Baccarat. The export starts early Baccarat: 1830. The first shipment was destined for Turkey and escalates in following years (lamps, chandeliers, railings, but also services and mocha ... hookahs) for the palace of Constantinople. In 1832, Baccarat is grouped with other crystal headquartered in Paris. In 1857, the group disbanded, but this remains to Baccarat personal info. Harcourt was born in 1841. Since there remains a flagship of the brand throughout the world. Baccarat is represented in the First World Exhibition in Paris in 1855 and received the gold medal. 1860 marks a turning point for the company. The trademark is registered in the Commercial Court of Paris, pick a label in all parts until 1936. At the 3rd World Exhibition in Paris - Baccarat, a new style is dramatically changing the decorative arts: Japonisme (pottery, crystal, furniture, fabrics and wallpapers). The development of Baccarat extends to the Indian market with orders for furniture, crystal chandeliers. Counters open around the world. In Russia, the Court of Tsar Nicolas II mobilizes the "Russian" to honor the multiple orders (candelabras, fountains, table service with luxury vodka glasses specially designed).
From 150 to 1897, is the gap in the production of perfume bottles in 1907. All the big names in perfume and fashion, will use to achieve their Baccarat bottles (Guerlain, Dior, Montana, Versace, Lancôme). In 1972, the Italian designer Roberto Sambonet draws a first collection for Baccarat. It will be followed in 1974 by Van Day Truex. Since then, many French artists and designers and other countries take regular Baccarat. In 1982, arrival of new house designer: Thomas Bastide. Since the 90s, the collaborations have proliferated with Andree Putman and pendants online, Patrice Butler, and a new fixture line with Sapphire; Thierry Lecoule Lyre and furniture and more recently Yves Savinel and Gilles Roze, Jean-Marie Massaud Jean Boggio, Mathias or American designer Barbara Barry. Witness their time, each of these creations helps register the mark in its modernity. 1979, moved to Tokyo Baccarat with Baccarat Pacific subsidiary where the first store was opened last year. In 1984, Baccarat is diversified and launched her first jewelry line. With two collections a year, the Baccarat crystal opens to the world of fashion and always attracted more women around the world. The outputs of perfumes, retrospective exhibitions of the collection are a breeze to spend periods serene Baccarat. Baccarat in the world: 35 shops (against 3 in 1994). On the international jewelry, Baccarat is projected under the spotlight by launching a collection of crystal jewelry studded with precious or semiprecious stones.
In 2003, Baccarat moved and settled at 11, instead of the United States in Paris in new walls steeped in legend. No case could be more appropriate to Baccarat. Philippe Starck has taken the game to a carte blanche as ostentatious, project also conducive to the most extravagant follies as the most demanding needs of a major luxury brand. The former mansion of Marie-Laure de Noailles, is home to about 3,000 m2 headquarters of Baccarat, his shop, restaurant, gallery, museum and a reception room of origin, bills outstanding, the room Bal Marie-Laure de Noailles. The new House of Baccarat is a meeting place and staging of the most beautiful expressions of the brand, Lifestyle, Jewelry and Accessories, as well as the legendary jewel collections. Philippe Starck with impertinence revisits tradition Baccarat, already shaken by the success of his house instead of the United States and its now famous black luster. By playing on the paradox and contrast between light diffracted by the crystal clear and the dark glow of onyx, daylight and darkness, Philippe Starck revives the forgotten tradition of black crystal brand, that he reinvents his usual skill. With the series "Darkside" (Harcourt, Our Fire), Philippe Starck - stirring and provocative humor unique - invites us to explore the darker side of nature and letting property in the light of the crystal in all its brilliance.
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