Vitra Archives - Page 3 of 7

Feb

13

2014

It is almost certainly more by chance than design, but in the week that Verner Panton would have celebrated his

Jan

31

2014

Charles Eames US Patent Nr 2,969,831 Side Flexing Shock Mount

“In the development and designing of furniture one prevailing problem is the means for securing parts of the furniture together

Jan

25

2014

25th January 1970 Visiona 2 Verner Panton Cologne

“Wood will be driven out of living spaces; even metal and glass, although much newer in domestic situations, are losing

Jan

18

2014

philippe starck portrait Jean-Baptiste Mondino

A few years ago the (smow) blog telephone rang….. “Good morning is it possible to speak to Philippe Starck please?”

Jan

17

2014

When in our preview of IMM Cologne 2014 we referred to it as marking the opening of the European design

Jan

15

2014

What would IMM Cologne week be without the official enthronement of the A&W Designer of the Year? One day shorter

Jan

04

2014

With autum’s algid wind in our faces and the promise of mince pies and Glühwein in our tails we approached

Jan

03

2014

What with the sweet afterglow of Vienna Design Week behind us we entered October 2013 full of enthusiasm – not

Jan

02

2014

After the relative calm and civility of July and August, September sees a more than inconsequential upping of our professional

Dec

29

2013

Following the pains and tribulations of Milan, June is a time to relax. To enjoy design once again. This year

Dec

27

2013

The biggest April fool is…. us, for always going to Milan! That said, as ever, we did find a few

Dec

26

2013

March 2013 was a month of travelling: Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Weimar, Dessau….. its amazing we found time to actually write anything…….

Dec

11

2013

There is an old adage about turning problems into chances, of every cloud having a silver lining, of every thorn

Nov

25

2013

When we met Italian designer Alberto Meda at Orgatec 2010 he told us that he was working on his next

Nov

22

2013

While researching our post “Eames Alchemy. Or how Charles and Ray Eames turned steel into plastic…..” the most remarkable discovery

Nov

14

2013

Charles and Ray Eames plastic armchair DAW side chair DSW Köln

“The new Eames plastic chair is a dream fulfilled”1 While one can, should, accuse the Walker Art Centre Minneapolis of

Oct

28

2013

Expansion. It’s not always good. Waistlines. Overdrafts. Weeks since you last phoned your mother. For example wouldn’t be good. Business

Oct

15

2013

Hella Jongerius Sphere Table Vitra VitraHaus

Back in October one of the joys of Orgatec 2012 in Cologne was watching visitors reactions to Hella Jongerius‘ Sphere

Oct

11

2013

When we spoke to Marc Zehntner and Mateo Kries, the joint heads of the Vitra Design Museum, they told us

Sep

28

2013

“My, my, my, Delilah! Why, why, why, Delilah!”

The morning of Friday September 27th 2013 was one of those misty autumn occasions that cause SANAA’s immense new Vitra Factory Building in Weil am Rhein to merge, almost unseen, with the grey background. Even Herzog & de Meuron’s new Basel Messe complex was reduced to nothing more grand than a continuation of the uncaring monotonous sky. The glitzing, shimmering palace of high summer just the weak shadow of a memory.

And so it was perhaps fitting that the Vitra Design Museum choose this dank September morn to open their latest exhibition, “Lightopia”, an exhibition devoted to light.

For today was a clear warning, in the coming months we will all be in need of a little light.