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Marcel Wanders on Luggage Design

Designboom talks with Dutch Designer Marcel wanders about 'Saint-Jacques', his collection of suitcases for Italian luggage and bag company Fabbricapelleteriemilano.

'durability has been a key factor all my life and I think especially for suitcases it's something of importance. it is why I try to bring inside the object my respect for old things and my respect for new things and combine them. there is nothing which grows old more fast than the new. and it is the reason why I am building inside objects old metaphors, which makes an object resistant to 'new old metaphors', like a scratch, so it is able to grow old more gracefully.

Marcel Wanders discusses the need to design with the diverse approaches of individuals in mind. video © designboom

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'I would like to make objects that are meaningful for as many possible different people. so if I make an object, I do study the visual quality and the meaning, I do study the rational quality and meaning, I do study the tactile and the emotional quality and meaning of things, to make sure that for everybody there's something inside that is meaningful and valuable and something they can read as a part of their world and they feel connected to it. and I think with most of my objects, in a sense sometimes I'm looking to find ways [for me] to connect to other areas.'

Why oh why does the great Designboom never capitalize anything. It drives me crazy!

Designboom: Marcel Wanders on luggage design for Fabbricapelletteriemilano

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