smow blog compact: The Maker Library Network at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery
In his review of Chris Taylor’s book “How Star Wars Conquered the Universe” the American film critic Tom Shone makes
5 New Design Exhibitions for March 2015
March is a month for caution. Yes, the sun shines. Yes, the days are getting longer Yes, one can smell
smow blog 2014. A pictorial review: September
Following on from the relative inactivity of August September saw us wind back up towards the 2014 autumn design festival
smow blog 2014. A pictorial review: March
According to our pictorial review of March 2013 it was “a month of travelling: Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Weimar, Dessau….. its amazing
Alvar Aalto – Second Nature at the Vitra Design Museum
Everyone knows Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto. Everyone knows his flowing, free-formed buildings and his moulded plywood furniture. What
Architektur Design Industrie – Vitra Campus. Ein Jubiläum at Aedes am Pfefferberg, Berlin
1989. A year of social, culture and political upheaval whose effects are still being felt today. The Berlin Wall falls. George
5 New Design Exhibitions for September 2014
The inescapable chill in the morning air and the deep-seated boredom in the eyes of school aged children can only
(smow) blog compact design tourism special: Weil am Rhein – City of Chairs
Any self-respecting modern conurbation needs a moniker. An evocative tag line on which to hang its city marketing strategy and
Vitra Design Museum Talk: Raumlabor – Temporary Architecture
As part of the accompanying fringe programme to the exhibition Konstantin Grcic – Panorama, the Vitra Design Museum is hosting
Konstantin Grcic – Panorama @ Vitra Design Museum
One of the first telephone calls Mateo Kries and Marc Zehntner made upon assuming leadership of the Vitra Design Museum
5 New Design Exhibitions for March 2014
The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow, And what will poor robin do then, poor thing? He’ll
(smow) blog Design Calendar: February 13th 1926 – Happy Birthday Verner Panton!
It is almost certainly more by chance than design, but in the week that Verner Panton would have celebrated his
Lightopia Talk. Richard Sapper @ Vitra Design Museum. Reprise.
Aside from the ability to accurately focus light, Richard Sapper had a further motivation in designing his Tizio lamp: “Another
Vitra Design Museum: Lightopia Talk. Richard Sapper – Lifetime Oeuvre.
With the winter solstice behind us and the days growing noticeably longer, the Vitra Design Museum exhibition Lightopia draws slowly
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: November
With autum’s algid wind in our faces and the promise of mince pies and Glühwein in our tails we approached
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: September
After the relative calm and civility of July and August, September sees a more than inconsequential upping of our professional
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: February
IMM Cologne kept us busy into February, but the month also saw the opening of an Eileen Gray retrospective in
(smow) reading: The Vitra Campus – Architecture Design Industry
There is an old adage about turning problems into chances, of every cloud having a silver lining, of every thorn
Vitra Design Museum Lightopia: Fringe Programme
When we spoke to Marc Zehntner and Mateo Kries, the joint heads of the Vitra Design Museum, they told us
Vitra Design Museum: Lightopia
“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.
Vitra Design Museum: Learning from Vernacular
Until September 29th the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein is presenting the exhibition Learning from Vernacular. Curated by Prof.
The Fall of the Vitra Fence.
Back in March 2011 we bemoaned the position of the fence surrounding the Vitra production facility in Weil am Rhein,
Vitra Design Museum: Louis Kahn – The Power of Architecture
On Friday February 23rd the Vitra Design Museum open their 2013 spring/summer exhibition, Louis Kahn – The Power of Architecture.
Pop Art Design at Vitra Design Museum
The MoMa in New York famously houses some of the most famous works of Pop Art. And just as famously
Vitra Design Museum: Confrontations – Contemporary Dutch Design Live. Videos
Post-DMY commitments in Berlin sadly meant that we couldn’t attend the “Confrontations – Contemporary Dutch Design Live” event at the Vitra