press release 2008

carved chair by Marcel Wanders

Hand carved wood

Herewith we proudly introduce to you the new products in our collection presented at the Salone del Mobile 2008. Next to our furniture and lighting products we are excited to launch a collection of new and rich accessories.

We invite you for a closer look at all these wonderful pieces.

vaetwerk by Maaike Roozenburg Bringing back the basics of food-preparation to our modern kitchen: the jug, the bowl and the cooking pot. Pre-industrial archetypes, plain and strictly functional, to connect us to our origins. The handmade character of medieval ceramics is accentuated by making the pots robust and rough and by showing my finger marks clearly.

delft blue by Marcel Wanders

Marcel Wanders designed a collection of ceramic vases for moooi, all vases are produced at “Royal Delft”. This is a Dutch company dating back to 1653 and the original producer of the infamous Delft Blue ceramic.The vases are reinterpreting and revitalising Delft Blue, an old Dutch craft, using new ideas for shapes and decoration.

Naval brass by Marcel Wanders

Sculpted at the heat of fire and made with the detailed eye for beauty these brass pieces are waiting to become the antiques of the next century. The collection consists of lamps, candlesticks and bowls.

soft clock by Kiki van Eijk

A ceramic clock, with all the detail and feeling of a soft clock made from fabric: the clock is first stitched in fabric by Kiki herself. Moulds are then taken from the fabric model and when it is cast in ceramic you can still see the wrinkles and details of the original fabric clock.

sittiNg clock by Marcel Wanders

Whether you will put it as a standing clock in the hall or used at the table for a nice dinner with friends, time flies if you are having fun.

frame mirror by Marcel Wanders

carpet model 13 by Simone Pullens (winner of Moooi Carpet Competition)

Stop waiting for lazy sunny days... Turn up the heat and have a picnic in your own livingroom!

rich white collectioN by Marcel Wanders

“white shades finally dressed”

clip table by Blasius Osko & Oliver Deichman

When we are designing it´s always in the form of a dialog, but not in order to persuade each other. Rather our quality is to build upon our ideas. In this manner we never go for the compromise, we spiral up the project till it reaches a level where both of us are truly satisfied. The resulting design you could describe as extra simple, because the extra, which makes our products unique, has to be very simple.

elemeNts by Jaime Hayon

I have always been seduced by the perfect form the cactus symbolizes. The fact that it is modular, allowing for multiple combinations, has always seemed interesting.I wanted to exploit this quality, building up the piece with different shapes. The priority for me was that each part, if removed from the whole, would still be appealing but also have a function of it’s own. So, a functional sculpture it was: A piece that could be as beautiful as the cactus, but that would offer a variety of uses.At the beginning, I thought of making a series of stackable stools in different materials. I thought about it for a while and started wondering, “why should they all be stools? ”So we started working with the moooi team on a new conceptwhere each piece of the stackable sculpture would have a different use: mirror, table, tray, etc. A series of different colours, materi-als and finishes would then be applied to each vertebra making the whole richer and more flexible.

paper tablelamp by Studio Job

Inspired by classic icons but manufactured like modern day furniture, this cardboard furniture collection is an ode to classical style and to the material. Monumental and light, transitory and timeless.

pregNaNt chair by Trent Jansen

The Pregnant Chair expresses the beautiful physical and emotional relationship that exists between a mother and her child. The two are both completely reliant on each other emotionally, developing a truly interconnected relationship that is evident even in their physicality.

sofa lamp by CuldeSac™ with Héctor Serrano

The Sofa lamp is inspired by the famous Chester Sofa. Thinking about the Chester on a social level, it automatically transmits luxury with it’s recognizable aesthetics ... a feeling of warmth, the central point of the social interaction of a living room in which people come together... this essence is captured in the Sofa Lamp.

Nixie clock by Peter van der Jagt

Design shouldn’t be about the tangible, not about material colour or form. We all carry a visual library with us. This fact could be used as a powerful design tool. By appealing and relating to the library a product will be regarded as more attractive and better appreciated. It isn’t that hard to design something which one could read time from. How many clocks have been designed over the course of history? But how many clocks invite you to look at them, not just to know what the time is, but for the sake and joy of looking?After being designed in 1996 moooi is very happy to finally produce this almost classic icon.

coNtaiNer bowl base by Marcel Wanders

glass table by Front

Suddenly she came upon a little table, all made of solid glass: there was nothing on it but a tiny golden key,...she found a little bottle with the words “DRINK ME”. “What a curious feeling!” said Alice...She was now only ten inches high...When she got to the door, she found she had forgotten the little golden key and when she went back to the table for it, she found she could not possibly reach it: she could see it quite plainly through the glass.

maNNequiN louNge by Marcel Wanders

Dressed to impress, with a wardrobe of choises of her own.

ludo table & vica chair by Bertjan Pot

With Ludo and Vica (table and chair) that awkward shiver you get, when brushing your bare leg against the bare cold steel frame of the table or chair is history.

euro laNterN

A foldable hightech version of the traditional Chinese lantern.

boutique xl by Marcel Wanders

Besides the existing Boutique we are introducing a new XL family member for the Moooi Boutique, available in all boutique covers.

5 New boutique covers by Marcel Wanders

lolita by Nika Zupanc

Who is afraid of pink?My imagination chases female archetypes intentionally. Frivolous, even naive objects are my favorite victims. And when, during such a process, I manage to be creative in an evidently reserved way, I then touch the purest meaning of my work and frivolity becomes timeless elegance.Lolita is here to play with your emotions. She is here to break up your everyday routine.

All these products will be presented within the surroundings of Graham & Brown wallpaper and Colorline flooring, both designed by Marcel Wanders especially for these companies.

moooi teamFor press inquiries please contact: Tisha Claessenstisha@moooi.com