Marcel Wanders quotes

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.

For me, true kitsch has nothing to do with irony. It's very honest. It represents what people like, their dreams.

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

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

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

The very best design, I feel, is that which resonates so deeply that people can't help but discover something within themselves when they see it.

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.

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.

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.