Workshops
Workshops
In conjunction with our alternating exhibitions, the Vitra Design Museum offers a variety of workshops for school-age children and youth, university students and other interested visitors. The programme ranges from children’s workshops to activities for school classes to enjoyable recreational workshops for groups. All of the workshops are oriented towards the respective target audience and based on sound didactic methods, providing insights into the design process as well as the associated requirements of imagination, rational thinking and manual dexterity. The aim is to increase the awareness of our everyday culture among participants and to inspire creative engagement with their own designed environment.
> Privately bookable workshops
For further information and reservation please contact us via info(at)design-museum.de or T +49.7621.702.3200
Exhibition related workshops
Exhibition related workshops
Hella Jongerius: Whispering Things
Wild & Wonderful: Animal Sculptures
TOUR & WORKSHOP (DE)
Saturday, 9 May 2026
2–5 pm, Vitra Design Museum
Join us for a themed tour of the exhibition »Hella Jongerius: Whispering Things« and discover the Dutch designer’s expressive animal sculptures. Hella Jongerius draws our attention to creatures that we tend to overlook even though we share the same world. Fangs bared, they snarl with anger and precarity, silently giving voice to endangered and forgotten species. Jongerius’s humorous yet poignant critique reminds us to act
responsibly towards animals and nature. Inspired by the tour, release your creativity in the workshop that follows it. Create your own little animal sculptures made from clay and other materials and find out which
animal best expresses your emotions!
€ 50 per person
Recommended for ages 12+
Book tickets here
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Kintsugi: The Golden Art of Repair
WORKSHOP (DE)
Saturday, 13 June 2026
2–4 pm, Vitra Design Museum
Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese method of mending broken pottery using Urushi lacquer dusted with powdered gold. The visible seams lend a new dimension to the repaired objects’ beauty and value. Join the workshop with Yuko Wakasa from Yuceramics and learn all about kintsugi. A full repair involves numerous phases of drying and finishing and can take up to several weeks! Try your hand at one of the steps in the process and develop a basic sense of the method.
The plate you will repair during the workshop is included in the price. Groups will meet at the Vitra Design Museum and walk to the venue in the Tadao Ando Conference Pavilion together.
The workshop is suitable for beginners. No previous experience is necessary.
€ 45 per person
Book tickets here
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Bright Brooms
TOUR & WORKSHOP (DE)
Saturday, 15 August 2026
10.30 am–4 pm, Vitra Design Museum
Join us on our guided tour of the exhibition »Hella Jongerius: Whispering Things« and be inspired by its colours, materials, and techniques. Get your creativity flowing in the workshop following the tour when you try your hand at broom-making. Choose from a range of colourful fibres and learn how to create a useful object that can
be purely functional, playful, or surprising.
No previous experience is necessary.
Recommended for ages 14+
€ 60 per person
Building Together: Weil Chair
Building together: Weil Chair
SPECIAL WORKSHOP (DE)
Saturday | 30 May, 22 August, 19 September, 10 October, 24 October, 14 November, 12 December 2026
Sunday | 2 August 2026
10.30 am–6.30 pm, Vitra Schaudepot
Team up and craft a Weil Chair with a friend or a family member in this special edition of the Weil Chair workshop!
Affordable design for all! This idea, as old as design itself, has lost none of its relevance. Berlin-based architect and designer Van Bo Le-Mentzel translates the concept into the digital age by making the construction plans for many of his designs available for free. The required materials are inexpensive and accessible, making good design affordable for all.
Led by our instructor, you and your partner will build your own Weil Chair based on a design created by Le-Mentzel for the workshop at the Vitra Design Museum.
Please remember to arrange for taking your new chair home after the end of the workshop.
€ 300.00 per two-person team
Build Your Own Chair – A Design Classic by Enzo Mari
Build Your Own Chair – A Design Classic by Enzo Mari
WORKSHOP (DE)
Saturday | 27 June 2026
10.30 am – 6.30 pm, Vitra Schaudepot
Led by a skilled craftsperson, you will build your own Sedia Uno, a famous design classic by Enzo Mari. Experience the satisfaction of simple materials coming together in a functional design object! If you are a design enthusiast or have an interest in trying your hand at something new, this workshop offers a fabulous chance to use your hands and let your creativity flow while learning about sustainable design.
Please remember to arrange for taking your new chair home after the end of the workshop.
€ 230.00 per person
Weil Chair: A chair for everyone
Weil Chair: A chair for everyone
WORKSHOP
Saturday | 6 June and 19 September 2026
10.30 am–6.30 Uhr pm, Vitra Schaudepot
Affordable design for all! This idea, as old as design itself, has lost none of its relevance. Berlin-based architect and designer Van Bo Le-Mentzel translates the concept into the digital age by making the construction plans for many of his designs available for free. The required materials are inexpensive and accessible, making good design affordable for all.
Led by our instructor, you will build your own Weil Chair based on a design created by Le-Mentzel for the workshop at the Vitra Design Museum.
Please remember to arrange for taking your new chair home after the end of the workshop.
€ 230.00 per person
