Once upon a time seems a fitting way to begin a book about Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. "Behind the Ceiling" explores Wanders" theatrical approach to design, which is both decorative and minimal. Wanders handmakes the mass-produced and gives flesh to fantasy in this opulently illus-trated monograph. In his own voice, the designer guides readers through pages of ceramics and glass work, jewelry and lighting, wallpapers and textiles, new species of office, restaurant, hospitality and retail space. Wanders showcases collaborations with design movers-and-shakers like Bisazza and Puma, his humorously poetic art direction for Moooi, and his Personal Editions collection, which features products intended to furnish a more democratic design world in which man has taken back the machine and art has co-opted industry. Behind the ceiling and at the heart of the many wonders that Wanders weaves, Marcel Wanders" unique history narrates for us the changing story of contemporary international...