Milan Design Week 2013: Workbay Office by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra
Back in October at Orgatec 2012 Vitra unveiled Workbay, the new concept from Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. The latest stage
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,
Tom Vac by Ron Arad for Vitra. And New Objectivity!
As with so much of Ron Arad’s commercially available, serially produced, furniture designs the story of Tom Vac starts a
Wasserschloss Klaffenbach Chemnitz: Eames by Vitra
Until April 9th the Wasserschloss Klaffenbach Chemnitz is presenting the exhibition Eames by Vitra. As we wrote in our initial
Orgatec 2012 Interview: Antonio Citterio “I like to work on products that are developed over time. I don’t like to work just for the moment”
In our Orgatec interview with Vitra CDO Eckart Maise we talked about the office system as the central component of
A&W Designer(s) of the Year 2013: Ronan + Erwan Bouroullec
It being January, IMM Cologne once again provided the backdrop for the presentation of the A&W Designer of the Year
Orgatec 2012 Interview: Michel Charlot over U-Turn for Belux
Wandering round the Vitra spaceship at Orgatec there was one product that you simply couldn’t fail to notice. On every
Orgatec 2012: An Interview with Vitra Chief Design Officer Eckart Maise
In February 1991 the grand doyen of Italian design Ettore Sottsass approached Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum with a suggestion for
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
Milan 2012: kidsroomZOOM! We Never Give Up!
Back in October one of our highlights at Vienna Design Week 2011 was the exhibition kidsroomZOOM! Essentially a mid-town Vienna
Grassi Museum Leipzig: The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction
Until September 16th the Grassi Museum Leipzig is showing the Vitra Design Museum exhibition The Essence of Things: Design and
Passenger Terminal Expo 2012: Pascal Berberat, Vitra Airport Division
We suspect the reason we write so much about designer furniture in an airport context is simply because of the
Vitra Design Museum: Interview with Marc Zehntner and Mateo Kries
Ostensibly established as a location for presenting and archiving Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum’s private collection of designer furniture, the Vitra
V&A Museum London: British Design 1948-2012. Innovation in the Modern Age
At the end of March the V&A Museum London opened the exhibition “British Design 1948-2012. Innovation in the Modern Age”,
Everyday Design: Tom Vac by Ron Arad for Vitra
A common misconception is that the term “designer” in “designer furniture” means “exclusive”. It doesn’t. It just means that a
Interview: Rudolf Pütz, CEO Vitra Germany.
Although we regularly use the term “furniture market”, one must technically speak from two furniture markets; domestic and office. OK
Furniture for the Senses – Finn Juhl 100
For all in our near Copenhagen, and who aren’t planning travelling to Weil am Rhein in the coming months, the
Album @ Vitra Design Museum Gallery: Interview with Ronan Bouroullec
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are without question two of the most important designers of their generation and are currently
(smow) Design Tour 2012: It’s time to dig out our travellin’ socks….
On his 2009 album “Waxing Gibbous” Falkirk balladeer Malcolm Middleton included the song “Red Travellin’ Socks” a jaunty – if
“Everyone steals from everyone else. The seating industry lives from reciprocal robbery”
As many of you know we don’t do trends. Never have. Never will. But others do. And back in 1964
Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat… if Verner Panton had ever visited us, that is where he would have sat
If purple is the second colour of mourning; then citrus colours are unquestionably the second colour(s) of Christmas. Be it
(smow) intern: Designer Office Furniture Package
As any one who has celebrated as many birthday’s as us knows – there comes a point in every life
Alessandro Barison – Panton Remake
Back in the summer we ran a highly entertaining “Summertime in Dark Lime” Panton Chair Cocktail competition. The judging was
Design for Use, USA
“Wooden spoon for pickled vegetables by John F. Kennedy” ? ? ? John F. Kennedy. Green Mountain Woodcrafters, Vermont. And
October (Five Weeks that Exhausted the Design World)
We’ve long since accepted that there are more design weeks in a year than actual weeks. But we still can’t