Vitra Design Museum + Vitra Schaudepot17,00 € / 15,00 €*Vitra Design Museum 11,00 € / 9,00 €*Vitra Schaudepot8,00 € / 6,00 €*Architecture tour 2h14,00 € / 10,00 €* Guided tours 1h (Exhibition tour, Production tour or Behind the Scenes)7,00 € / 5,00 €**Reduced prices: young people from age 12, students, seniors,disabled persons, groups of more than 10 people, combination of 3 and more tickets/person, children under 12 years of age free
Vitra Design MuseumCharles-Eames-Str. 2D-79576 Weil am RheinT +49.7621.702.3200F +49.7621.702.3590info@design-museum.de
Daily 10 am – 6 pm. The museum is open on all Sundays and public holidays.On 24 and 31 December the museum isopen 10 am – 2 pm.
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Objects of Desire:Surrealism and Design
28.09.2019 – 19.01.2020Vitra Design MuseumAfter the Wall: Design since 1989
26.10.2019 – 23.02.2020Vitra SchaudepotTypology: An Ongoing Study of Everyday Items
07.12.2019 – 03.05.2020Vitra Design Museum GalleryThe Vitra Design Museum Collection – 1800 to the Present
Permanent exhibitionVitra Schaudepot
Victor Papanek
31.10.2019 – 02.02.2020Barcelona Design MuseumBarcelona, Spain
Hello, Robot
03.11.2019 – 09.02.2020V&A DundeeDundee, Scotland
Balkrishna Doshi
17.10.2019 – 19.01.2020Architekturmuseum der TU Munich, Germany
Alexander GirardA Designer's Universe
23.11.2019 – 01.03.2020 Palm Springs Art MuseumPalm Springs, USA
All exhibitions
The collection of the Vitra Design Museum ranks among the most important holdings of furniture design worldwide. It contains some 7000 pieces of furniture, a vast assemblage of lighting objects and numerous archives, as well as the Collection of the Eames Office, or the estates of Verner Panton and Alexander Girard. On 4 June 2016 the Vitra Schaudepot was opened, created by the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron, in which the Vitra Design Museum presents key pieces of its collection.
Guided tours through the Vitra Schaudepot:Highlights from the CollectionEvery Saturday and Sunday,2 pmBehind the ScenesEvery first Friday of the month,3 pm (in German)Focus Tour: MaterialEvery third Friday of the month, 3 pm (in German)
Vitra Design Museum + Vitra Schaudepot17,00 € / 15,00 €*Vitra Design Museum 11,00 € / 9,00 €*Vitra Schaudepot8,00 € / 6,00 €*Architecture tour 2h14,00 € / 10,00 €*Guided tours 1h (Exhibition tour, Production tour or Behind the Scenes)7,00 € / 5,00 €**Reduced prices: young people from age 12, students, seniors,disabled persons, groups of more than 10 people, combination of 3 and more tickets/person, children under 12 years of age free
Daily 10 am – 6 pm.The museum is openon all Sundays and public holidays.On 24 and 31 December the museum is open 10 am – 2 pm.
Balkrishna Doshi (born 1927) is indisputably one of the most important architects of the twentieth century, who as a theoretician and teacher has influenced several generations of architects. In hundreds of projects he has shown how a house can be made into a home and create a sense of identity and belonging, how liveable cities and lively urban neighbourhoods can be conceived on the drawing board, and how architecture can be employed for the establishment of adaptable institutions. It is all the more astonishing that his work was not very know outside of India for many years. This can be readily explained by the proliferation of monumental ‘beacon’ architecture since the mid-1990s, which in its global uniformity has largely ignored local conditions and the specific needs of people. By contrast, Doshi has always designed from the conscious perspective that architecture is an instrument with societal and humanistic implications – and never merely an end in itself.
The common denominator in Doshi’s projects, therefore, is not a uniform aesthetic or signature style, as practised by many prominent architects, but an awareness of the architect’s responsibility – whose work, in comparison to other art forms, has the strongest impact on people’s everyday lives. Doshi’s architecture emanates a sense of duty, placing itself in the service of humanity and society as a whole, while remaining in the background to the greatest possible extent. It seeks ways to convey humanity and integrity through the built environment. It continually strives to find new connections between local needs and global viewpoints, between innovative technologies and traditional crafts. Doshi does not regard architecture as a product, but as a living, evolving organism, whose single constant attribute is its participatory approach to adapt and grow.
Duration of the exhibition: 30.03.2019 – 08.09.2019
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