Thursday | 13 November 2025
6:30 pm, Vitra Schaudepot

Luis Barragán (1902–1988) is widely regarded as the most important Mexican architect of the twentieth century. Based on a minimalist approach to architecture and a delicate sense of space, colour, and landscape, he created a unique fusion of International Style and local traditions. The art historian Stanislaus von Moos is widely known for his incisive analyses of the built environment in all its historical, political, economic, and ideological complexity. Erudite and entertaining, inquisitive and passionate, his critiques of the material culture deepen our understanding of the world we live in. His work is widely appreciated by architects and art historians as well as design enthusiasts and a general readership.

The event will be held in English.

Free admission; please register at events@design-museum.de

The Art of the Image: Photography & Styling  
LECTURE (EN) 
Saturday | 15 November 2025 
2–5 pm, Vitra Design Museum  

Fashion is a space of transformation, performance, and self-discovery. In this series of events, students of the Masterstudio Fashion Design at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW present their experimental projects centred on clothes, performance, and the body.  Fashion emerges as a vibrant art form that engages creators, performers, and audiences alike. 

»The Art of the Image: Photography & Styling« looks at visual storytelling and the construction of identities through fashion images, distortion, and narrative. Fashion is discussed as a visual means of relating personal and collective stories. 

Since each event in the series addresses a different subject, it is possible to attend only a single event, several events, or the entire series. 

The event will be held in English. 

In cooperation with the »Masterstudio Fashion Design« at HGK Basel FHNW 

€  30.00 per person. Tickets include entry to the exhibition »Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show«. 

Please book your ticket at www.design-museum.reservix.de/ 

Design and Furniture in Sci-Fi Interiors
TALK (EN)
Mit Paula Benson, Film and Furniture
Donnerstag | 20. November 2025
18:30 Uhr, Vitra Schaudepot

Ob »Star Trek«, »2001: Odyssee im Weltraum« oder »Blade Runner«: In zahlreichen Science-Fiction-Filmen tauchen Designklassiker auf und prägen das Bild, das wir uns von der Zukunft machen. Umgekehrt lassen sich viele DesignerInnen vom Genre der Science-Fiction inspirieren, wenn sie Objekte für eine wie auch immer imaginierte Zukunft entwerfen. Der faszinierende Dialog zwischen Science-Fiction und Design ist das Thema der Ausstellung »Science Fiction Design. Vom Space Age zum Metaverse« im Vitra Schaudepot.

Paula Benson ist Gründerin und Herausgeberin von »Film and Furniture«, der führenden Online-Ressource für Möbel, Einrichtung und Design aus Film und Fernsehen. In ihrem Vortrag beleuchtet sie die einzigartige Beziehung zwischen Filmwelt und Designgeschichte und veranschaulicht den Einfluss des auf Leinwand und Bildschirm Gesehenen auf reale Interieurs und auf das Konsumverhalten.

Neben Recherchen, Hintergrundgeschichten und eben Möbeln bietet »Film and Furniture« ein Forum für Filmliebhaber, Interior-Design-Enthusiasten und Filmprofis aus aller Welt. Paula Benson arbeitet regelmäßig mit großen Möbelmarken, Streaming-Plattformen und Filmproduktionen zusammen.

Die Veranstaltung findet auf Englisch statt.

Der Eintritt ist frei. Anmeldung unter events@design-museum.de

Living the Persona: The Body as Art
PERFORMANCE (EN)
Saturday | 22 November 2025
2–5 pm, Vitra Design Museum

Fashion is a space of transformation, performance, and self-discovery. In this series of events, students of the Masterstudio Fashion Design at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW present their experimental projects centred on clothes, performance, and the body.  Fashion emerges as a vibrant art form that engages creators, performers, and audiences alike.

Movement, gesture, and presence transform fashion into an embodied art form in a live performance that reveals fashion as a medium for expressing the body.

Since each event in the series addresses a different subject, it is possible to attend only a single event, several  events, or the entire series.

The performance will be in English.

In cooperation with the »Masterstudio Fashion Design« at HGK Basel FHNW

€ 20.00 per person. Tickets include entry to the exhibition »Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show«.

Please book your ticket at www.design-museum.reservix.de/

Transformative Body: Sewing & Performance Props
SPECIAL WORKSHOP (EN)
Samstag | 29. November 2025
14–17 Uhr, Vitra Schaudepot

Mode gibt Raum für Transformation, Performance und Selbstfindung. In einer Reihe von Veranstaltungen präsentieren Studierende des Masterstudio Fashion Design der HGK Basel FHNW ihre experimentellen Projekte. Das Publikum erlebt die Verbindung von Kleidung, Körper und Performance und erfährt Mode als lebendige, partizipative Kunstform.

In diesem interaktiven Workshop experimentieren die Teilnehmenden mit Nähen und Performance-Requisiten, um Transformation und Selbstausdruck auf spielerische Weise zu erkunden.

Die Veranstaltungen der Reihe widmen sich jeweils einem unterschiedlichen Thema mit Bezug zur Ausstellung. Der Besuch einer Einzelveranstaltung ist daher ebenso gut möglich wie die Teilnahme an mehreren Terminen oder an der ganzen Reihe.

Die Veranstaltung findet auf Englisch statt.

In Kooperation mit dem »Masterstudio Fashion Design« der HGK Basel FHNW

20,00 € pro Person (inklusive Eintritt in die Ausstellung »Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show«)
Buchung  unter https://design-museum.reservix.de/

Architecture tour (FR)
Every first Saturday of the month and on French public holidays (1 and 11 November, 25 December, 1 January)
2.30 pm. VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Film Screening »Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?« 
Director: William Klein 
SPECIAL (DE)
Thursday | 4 December 2025
6.30 pm, Fotostudio Frei, Weil am Rhein

Join us for a screening of William Klein’s 1966 mockumentary »Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?« at the new branch of the Vitra Campus, the Fotostudio Frei, a listed building by Herzog & de Meuron in Weil am Rhein.

A spoof of the fashion world of the 1960s, the film centres on the fictitious American supermodel Polly Maggoo (Dorothy McGowan) and the French television crew and fashion journalists who constantly surround her. Klein was himself a fashion photographer, and his familiarity with the world of fashion enabled him to satirise its rituals and mechanisms.

Prior to the film’s production, Dorothy McGowan modelled for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, but disappeared from public view after it was released. According to Klein, she never acted or modelled again.

The screening will take place on the lower floor of Fotostudio Frei. Originally built in the 1980s, the newly restored photographic studio designed by Herzog & de Meuron is now being used for cultural events.

The film will be shown in English with german subtitles.

Admission is free. Please register at events@design-museum.de

Max. 30 people

Doshi Retreat (DE)
FÜHRUNG
Jeden ersten Sonntag im Monat und an Feiertagen
16 Uhr, Vitra Design Museum
Doshi Retreat 
Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof 

Mit dem Doshi Retreat erhält der Vitra Campus eine architektonische Erweiterung, deren Zweck ebenso neu wie unerwartet ist: ein Ort der Kontemplation. Der Rückzugsort wurde von Balkrishna Doshi in enger Zusammenarbeit mit seiner Enkelin Khushnu Panthaki Hoof und Sönke Hoof entworfen. Das Doshi Retreat ist das erste realisierte Projekt von Balkrishna Doshi außerhalb Indiens und zugleich das letzte, an dem er vor seinem Tod im Jahr 2023 arbeitete. Anfang 2018 hatte er den Pritzker-Architekturpreis erhalten. Mit der Ausstellung »Balkrishna Doshi. Architektur für den Menschen« präsentierte das Vitra Design Museum 2019 die erste Retrospektive über das Gesamtwerk von Balkrishna Doshi außerhalb Asiens. Der recycelte und aus erneuerbaren Ressourcen hergestellte Stahl XCarb® für das Doshi Retreat wurde von ArcelorMittal zur Verfügung gestellt. 

Erfahren Sie auf einem geführten Rundgang mehr über diesen außergewöhnlichen Ort und seine architektonischen Details.

10,00 € pro Person, ermäßigt 8,00 € pro Person 
Buchung unter design-museum.reservix.de

Doshi Retreat (DE)
TOUR
Every first Sunday of the month and on public holidays
4 pm, Vitra Design Museum

The Doshi Retreat adds a new structure to the Vitra Campus with a unique function: a space dedicated to contemplation. Designed by Balkrishna Doshi with his granddaughter Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof, it is his first completed project outside India, and also the last he worked on before his passing in 2023. Doshi was awarded the Pritzker Prize in early 2018. With the exhibition »Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People«, the Vitra Design Museum presented the first international retrospective about Doshi outside of Asia in 2019.

XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel for the Doshi Retreat was generously donated by ArcelorMittal.

€ 10.00 per person, reduced rate € 8.00 per person  

Bookings at design-museum.reservix.de

Hidden Treasures: The Subterranean Storage Spaces (DE)
TOUR
Friday | 12 December 2025, 13 February and 6 March 2026
3 pm, Vitra Schaudepot

This tour will be held in German.

On this exclusive experience, you will explore the hidden treasures of the Vitra Design Museum. The Special Tour takes you through the highlights of our stored collections not generally accessible to the public. Discover industrial furniture design, lamps, and other masterpieces by designers including Aino Aalto, Verner Panton, Gaetano Pesce, and Charles & Ray Eames.

€ 40.00 per person

Please book your ticket at  www.design-museum.reservix.de/

Architecture Tour (DE)
TOUR
Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m., VitraHaus
Friday–Sunday and on public holidays
11 am and 2 pm, VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Architecture tour (FR)
Every first Saturday of the month and on French public holidays (1 and 11 November, 25 December, 1 January)
2.30 pm. VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Architecture Tour (EN)
TOUR
Monday–Thursday, 12 noon, VitraHaus
Friday–Sunday and on public holidays,
12 noon and 3 pm, VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Architecture Tour (DE)
TOUR
Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m., VitraHaus
Friday–Sunday and on public holidays
11 am and 2 pm, VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Doshi Retreat (DE)
TOUR
Every first Sunday of the month and on public holidays
4 pm, Vitra Design Museum

The Doshi Retreat adds a new structure to the Vitra Campus with a unique function: a space dedicated to contemplation. Designed by Balkrishna Doshi with his granddaughter Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof, it is his first completed project outside India, and also the last he worked on before his passing in 2023. Doshi was awarded the Pritzker Prize in early 2018. With the exhibition »Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People«, the Vitra Design Museum presented the first international retrospective about Doshi outside of Asia in 2019.

XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel for the Doshi Retreat was generously donated by ArcelorMittal.

€ 10.00 per person, reduced rate € 8.00 per person  

Bookings at design-museum.reservix.de

Runway Ready: Designing Fashion Make-up 
SPECIAL (DE)
Saturday | 17 Januar 2026
2 pm, Vitra Design Museum

Jasmin Berger lives in Zurich and works internationally as a make-up artist and hair stylist. She regularly travels to fashion capitals such as London, Milan and Paris, where she contributes to renowned fashion shows for brands such as Balenciaga, Vivienne Westwood, Blumarine, Diesel, Valentino, Mugler, Ferragamo and Vetements.

At her presentation at the Vitra Design Museum, Berger will share exclusive insights into behind the scenes of the international high fashion world. She will also perform a live demonstration of one of her signature make-up looks – a design she originally created for Vetements.

€ 30.00 per person (including admission to the exhibition ‘Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show’)

Please book your ticket at www.design-museum.reservix.de/

Museum Night Basel
SPECIAL (DE/EN)
Friday | 23 January 2026
6 pm–2 am, Vitra Campus

»A Night in the Spotlight« – Museums Night Basel 2026
6 pm–2 am

Experience the history of the fashion show, have your future told, and let an immersive light installation carry you into a nocturnal soft rave.

Light installation Track Tracy – Daems Van Remoortere
Become part of a participatory light choreography.
6 pm–2 am

Soft Rave in the Vitra Campus Gallery with Kollektiv Avalon
Let sound and space carry you into the night.
9–11 pm

Fashion Lines – The Art of the Fashion Sketch (DE/EN)
Create your own fashion designs.
7 pm–12 am

Future Oracle
Have your future predicted by design chairs.
6 pm–12 am

Short guided tours (30 minutes each)

»Doshi Retreat«
Vitra Design Museum
Discover the newest architectural addition to the Vitra Campus.
Tours in German: 6:30, 8:30, 10:30 pm
Tours in English: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm

»Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show«
Vitra Design Museum
Experience the runway as a stage for art, fashion, and society.
Tours in German: 7, 9, 11 pm
Tours in English: 8, 10, 12 am

»Science Fiction Design. From Space Age to the Metaverse«
Vitra Schaudepot
Enter a dialogue between science fiction and design.
Tours in German: 8, 10 pm
Tours in English: 9, 11 pm

Exhibition opening hours
»Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show« 6 pm–2 am
»Science Fiction Design. From Space Age to the Metaverse« 6 pm–2 am

The Depot Deli and the VitraHaus Café will offer warm meals, mulled wine, and children’s punch for an eventful night.

Museum Night is an event organised by museen basel and the Department of Culture of Basel-Stadt.

From Salon to Runway: A History of Fashion Shows
TALK (EN)
Mit Caroline Evans
Donnerstag | 29. Januar 2026
18:30 Uhr, Vitra Schaudepot

Anlässlich der Ausstellung »Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show« spricht die renommierte Modehistorikerin Caroline Evans über die Entwicklung der Modenschau von ihren Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart.

Modenschauen sind heute mediale Großereignisse, die weit über die Präsentation von Kleidung hinausgehen. Sie wirken als gesellschaftliches Ritual und vermitteln soziale Statements; ihre Inszenierungen reflektieren Körperbilder, kulturelle Mythen und den Wandel der Zeit.

Caroline Evans ist emeritierte Professorin der Central Saint Martins University of the Arts London und eine der führenden ExpertInnen für Modegeschichte. Zu ihren Publikationen gehören »Women and Fashion« (1989), »Fashion at the Edge« (2003), »The Mechanical Smile« (2013) und »Time in Fashion« (2020). Sie hat international an Designschulen und Universitäten gelehrt und Museen wie das Victoria and Albert Museum in London, das Museum of London, das MoMu Fashion Museum in Antwerpen und das Palais Galliera in Paris bei Modeausstellungen beraten. Ihre neuesten Beiträge finden sich in Ausstellungskatalogen wie »Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto« (2020), »Exploding Fashion« (2022) und »Dirty Looks« (2025) sowie im Katalog zur aktuellen Ausstellung des Vitra Design Museums, »Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show« (2025).

Der Eintritt ist frei. Anmeldung unter events@design-museum.de

Die Veranstaltung findet auf Englisch statt.

Architecture Tour (DE)
TOUR
Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m., VitraHaus
Friday–Sunday and on public holidays
11 am and 2 pm, VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Architecture tour (FR)
Every first Saturday of the month and on French public holidays (1 and 11 November, 25 December, 1 January)
2.30 pm. VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Architecture Tour (DE)
TOUR
Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m., VitraHaus
Friday–Sunday and on public holidays
11 am and 2 pm, VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Architecture Tour (DE)
TOUR
Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m., VitraHaus
Friday–Sunday and on public holidays
11 am and 2 pm, VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Architecture Tour (EN)
TOUR
Monday–Thursday, 12 noon, VitraHaus
Friday–Sunday and on public holidays,
12 noon and 3 pm, VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Doshi Retreat (DE)
TOUR
Every first Sunday of the month and on public holidays
4 pm, Vitra Design Museum

The Doshi Retreat adds a new structure to the Vitra Campus with a unique function: a space dedicated to contemplation. Designed by Balkrishna Doshi with his granddaughter Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof, it is his first completed project outside India, and also the last he worked on before his passing in 2023. Doshi was awarded the Pritzker Prize in early 2018. With the exhibition »Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People«, the Vitra Design Museum presented the first international retrospective about Doshi outside of Asia in 2019.

XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel for the Doshi Retreat was generously donated by ArcelorMittal.

€ 10.00 per person, reduced rate € 8.00 per person  

Bookings at design-museum.reservix.de

Films about Dries Van Noten and Martin Margiela
Film screening with Reiner Holzemer
SPECIAL (DE)
Tuesday | 3 February 2026
6.30 pm, Stadtkino Basel

Our media partner ARTE joins us in inviting you to an exceptional double feature night at Stadtkino Basel. A screening of two documentaries about internationally acclaimed fashion designers Dries Van Noten and Martin Margiela is followed by a session with the director, Reiner Holzemer, who will talk about his work.

»DRIES« documents a year in the life of Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten. A very personal portrait, the film shows the creation of four collections and sheds light on the philosophy and creativity of one of the last fashion designers to remain independent of vast corporations and global trends.

»Martin Margiela – In His Own Words« explores the work ofone of the most influential fashion designers of our time. Margiela was assistant to Jean-Paul Gaultier and creative director for Hermès. For his own label, he created 41 collections that challenge fashion conventions in radical ways – as does his relentless commitment to anonymity. »Hollywood Reporter« named Holzemer’s film as the best fashion documentary of 2020.

If you are fascinated by the creative process and the power of fashion to express the designer’s personality and philosophy, this double feature night is for you.

Admission is free. Please register at events@design-museum.de

In collaboration with ARTE

Hidden Treasures: The Subterranean Storage Spaces (DE)
TOUR
Friday | 12 December 2025, 13 February and 6 March 2026
3 pm, Vitra Schaudepot

This tour will be held in German.

On this exclusive experience, you will explore the hidden treasures of the Vitra Design Museum. The Special Tour takes you through the highlights of our stored collections not generally accessible to the public. Discover industrial furniture design, lamps, and other masterpieces by designers including Aino Aalto, Verner Panton, Gaetano Pesce, and Charles & Ray Eames.

€ 40.00 per person

Please book your ticket at  www.design-museum.reservix.de/