Sabine Marcelis

Sabine Marcelis (born 1985) is a Dutch artist and designer.[1][2] She has worked with brands and companies such as Céline, IKEA, Isabel Marant, Stella McCartney, and Renault.[3][4][5] Her style typically includes pastel colours, minimalist shapes, and materials such as resin and glass, while her work focuses on themes of reflection and translucency.[6][7][8] She has described her work as “an investigation of light, how it can create effects and atmospheres."[9]

Sabine Marcelis
Born1985 (age 37–38)
Alkmaar, Netherlands
Alma materDesign Academy Eindhoven
Occupations
  • Artist
  • Designer
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Early life and education

Marcelis was born in Alkmaar, Netherlands. She emigrated to Waihi, New Zealand, with her family at the age of 10.[10] She briefly studied industrial design at Victoria University of Wellington before returning to Holland in her early twenties to study at the Design Academy Eindhoven.[11][4][12] Before pursuing a career in design, Marcelis competed in semi-professional snowboarding.[13][9]

Work and career

After graduating from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2011, she founded Studio Sabine Marcelis in Rotterdam.[11]

Installations

In 2019, Marcelis was invited by the Mies van der Rohe Foundation to participate in its Interventions programme, a series of temporary installations in the Barcelona Pavilion.[14] Her contribution was a group of pieces titled "No Fear of Glass" (a play on Josep Quetglas Riusech's 2001 book about the building "Fear of Glass").[15][16][17]

She produced a temporary installation titled "Swivel" in St Giles Square in London for the 2022 London Design Festival.[18][19]

In 2022, the Vitra Design Museum staged "Colour Rush! An Installation by Sabine Marcelis" in which she reorganised the approximately 400 pieces held in the Schaudepot exhibition warehouse collection by colour.[20][21]

Design

She collaborated with IKEA on a collection of lamps and homewares which were commercialised in 2023.[22][23] She has also designed furniture, lighting, and accessories for brands such as Natuzzi, Established & Sons, cc-tapis, Arco, Calico Wallpaper, and the Swedish furniture brand Hem.[24][25][26][27][28][29]

Exhibitions and collections

Collections holding examples of Marcelis's work include those of the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands, and the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).[30][31][32]

Her work has been exhibited at galleries such as Etage Projects in Copenhagen, Gallery Collectional in Dubai, Side Gallery in Barcelona, Carwan Gallery in Greece, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert in Australia, and Design Miami. In 2023 she designed a unique "art version" of the Renault Twingo. It was shown at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.[33][34][35][36][37][38]

Teaching

She is a mentor for both the Women Bauhaus Collective and the Lexus Design Award, and also teaches at the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne.[39][40][41][42]

Personal life

She currently lives and works in Rotterdam.[43] Her partner is the architect Paul Cournet.[44][45] They have a son who was born during the Covid pandemic. Marcelis observed that her piece called "Boa", a torus shaped pouf, is “helping him learn how to walk. And it’s also a perfect spot to safely place him if I have to quickly leave the room.”[46]

Inspiration

At the age of 16, Marcelis was an avid snowboarder.[47] In an interview with Surface magazine, she states that her use of snowboarding goggles made her realize the powerful effect colour has on one's environment.[48] This helped her develop her work titled "Colour Rush" which was released in May 2022 at the Vitra Design Museum.[21][48]

Specifically, Marcelis also stated that her inspiration stems from the architect Hans Hollein for his works with not only architecture but also his work with jewelry.[48]

Awards
  • 2023 Elle Deco International Design Award "Designer of the Year"[49]
  • 2023 Monocle Magazine "Designer of the year"[50]
  • 2020 Wallpaper* "Designer of the Year"[51]
  • 2019 Designboom Design Prize "Best Design Newcomer"[52]
  • 2019 Elle Deco International Design Award "Young Designer of the Year"[1]
  • 2019 GQ Men of the Year Awards "International Artist of the Year"[53]

References
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  3. "IKEA Sabine Marcelis VARMBLIXT collection". IKEA. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. Ribbens, Gijsje (8 July 2016). "Meet the Dutch Furniture Designer Loved by Céline and Isabel Marant". Vogue. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  5. Khemsurov, Monica (1 February 2016). "A Dutch Designer Makes Her Name in Lights". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. Burrichter, Felix. "Sabine Marcelis on Deadlines, the Colours Above the Clouds and Leaving it Up To Interpretation". PIN–UP. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. "Sabine Marcelis – 77 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  8. burgos, matthew (17 April 2023). "OMA and solidnature cast a wondrous portal into the natural formation of stones and dreams". designboom | architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  9. "When a snowboarding career didn't pan out, this designer saw the light". Australian Financial Review. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  10. "At home with Sabine Marcelis". Architecture Now. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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  44. "Paul Cournet | Semi Permanent". semipermanent.com. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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