
Troy Chair, Set of 4
Overview
Design by Marcel Wanders, 2010.
Made in Italy by Magis.
So simple at first glance, but one can hardly expect just that with designer Marcel Wanders. This bentwood side chair features a high relief pattern on its backside, making table seatings all the more compelling, stylized, beautiful. Seat in beech plywood with floral/scroll relief back embellishment and steel tube legs. Available with polished or painted legs and several seat finishes. Stackable and sold in sets of 4.
Select from 7 frame/finish combinations.
Notes:
Stackable and sold in sets of 4.
Returns: No returns are accepted on this product.
Specifications
Material(s): Steel tubing, plywood
Dimensions:
Models
MGY00
Designer: Marcel Wanders
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 hand 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 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.
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Manufacturer: Magis
Founded in 1976 in northeast Italy by newcomer Eugenio Perazza, Magis is now an international design laboratory that embraces the creativity of leading global designers. Magis is always perched on the cutting edge and Perazza was even named by the trendsetter's bible, Wallpaper, as one of "Ten who will change the way we live".
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