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,24 December 10 am - 2 pm. The museum is open on Sundays and on all public holidays.
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Balkrishna Doshi:Architecture for the People
30.03.2019 – 08.09.2019Vitra Design Museum
Lake Verea:Paparazza Moderna
02.02.2019 – 07.07.2019Vitra Design Museum Gallery
Living in a Box: Design and Comics
24.05.2019 – 20.10.2019Vitra Schaudepot
The Vitra Design Museum Collection – 1800 to the Present
Permanent exhibitionVitra Schaudepot
Night Fever
07.06.2019 – 06.10.2019Centro PecciPrato, Italy
Alvar Aalto – Second Nature
27.04.2019 – 23.06.2019Aomori Museum of ArtJapan
The Bauhaus #itsalldesign
14.03.2019 – 01.12.2019Designmuseum DanmarkCopenhagen, Denmark
Alexander GirardA Designer's Universe
03.05.2019 – 27.10.2019 Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, USA
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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,24 December 10 am – 2 pm. The museum is open on Sundays and on all public holidays.
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The architect and urban planner Balkrishna Doshi (*1927 in Pune, India) is recognized as the most significant pioneer of modern architecture in India. In over 60 years of practice, Doshi has realized nearly 100 projects and in 2018 was recognized for his achievements with the renowned Pritzker Prize. While touring the major retrospective, visitors will become acquainted with Doshi’s work through numerous drawings, models, art works, photographs, film footage and several full-scale installations, thereby gaining a better understanding of his close relationships with other influential architects such as Le Corbusier or Louis Kahn.
Admission: € 7 plus entry feeDuration: approx. 1 hourNo registration required
Further information on the exhibition here
Material Matters! Materials always exert an influence on the design and production of a given piece of furniture. The focus tour provides an opportunity to explore the diversity of materials in furniture design from its beginnings up to the present day and to learn about surprising material experiments.
Duration: approx. 60 minutesAdmission: € 7 plus entry fee Vitra Schaudepot
Time and again, designers have consciously turned away from established norms and created spectacular, experimental and funspirited pieces of seating furniture. In this tour, we will explore these special chairs and then make our own pop-up cards.
Age: 6 - 12 yearsAdmission: 7,00 € per child
More information and reservations at info@design-museum.de
German architect Thomas Kröger is one of the most interesting proponents of a freshly provocative counterposition to the quest for greater urbanity. In the regions of Uckermark and East Frisia, he remodels farmhouses, renovates old structures, and erects new buildings to create places where people can find rest and shelter from the hectic pace of city life. Kröger describes his work and presents his best projects. He also explains how his designs for urban sites differ from those in rural areas. This event is part of the series »archithese kontext«, a cooperative project.
Free admission
More information on the exhibition »Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People« here
On the occasion of the summer solstice, the Vitra Design Museum hosts a traditional Scandinavian dinner. The evening begins with an exclusive guided tour in the Vitra Schaudepot focusing on works by Scandinavian designers, followed by a midsummer feast featuring culinary specialities of Nordic cuisine – served on a long shared table under the open sky. Families with children are warmly welcome and also have the opportunity to make their own »Himmeli« craft objects – small hanging sculptures that are popular in Scandinavia.
€ 62.00 per person, incl. dinnerRegistration: events@design-museum.de
Looking at the example of Indian architect and Pritzker Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi, workshop participants will gain insights into the fundamental principles of architecture and urban planning. In the second half of the workshop, we will have ample time to develop models for various buildings and design settlements and cities.
More information on the exhibition here
Jolanthe Kugler, curator at the Vitra Design Museum, guides visitors through the exhibition »Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People«, giving background information on the preparations, development and main ideas of the exhibition.
€ 10.00 per person
Farshid Moussavi is an architect, principal of Farshid Moussavi Architecture, and Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Previously, she was co-founder of the London-based »Foreign Office Architects«. In 2011 Moussavi established her own architectural practice, with which she has completed important international projects, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland (2012) as well as residential complexes in Nanterre and Montpellier. Moussavi’s approach is characterized by openness to change and commitment to the intellectual and cultural life of architecture.
The artist and designer Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg explores the relationship between humans and nature and how they interact in design processes. Working together with scientists, engineers, artists, historians and social scientists, she researches the design of living matter. In conjunction with the opening of her exhibition »Better Nature« at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery, Ginsberg discusses her work at the interface of design, art and biotechnology – offering fascinating insights into a topic of great relevance now and for the future!
Discover the «24 Stops» along the Rehberger-Weg on one of our guided walks in German and find out more about the artist, the individual objects and the landscape in which they are set.
Start: 2pmDuration: 2 hoursPrice: CHF 12.- / EUR 10.- per personTickets must be bought in advance from the ticket desk at the starting point. The price includes a shuttle bus back to the starting point. The tours will take place whatever the weather. Please book your place in advance.
The Vitra Design Museum commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus with a special evening: a private guided tour in the Vitra Schaudepot puts a focus on objects in the museum collection from the Bauhaus era, created by such designers as Marcel Breuer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier. The tour is followed by a 1920s-style dinner – inspired by the Bauhaus tradition of exuberant festivities and fine dining!
€ 58.00 per person, incl. dinnerRegistration: events@design-museum.de
Did you know how closely comics are related to design? Erika Pinner, curator of the exhibition »Living in a Box: Design and Comics«, talks about the background and development of the exhibition, introduces key figures and explains the curatorial concept.
Architecture shapes the society in which it emerges. Its social relevance is especially evident in the responses to such problems as political or ecological migration, overpopulation, marginalization, and slum formation. Andres Lepik, Director of the Architekturmuseum München, was a curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where he realised the influential exhibition »Small Scale, Big Change« in 2010. In this lecture, Lepik presents building projects in the Global South that improve the living conditions of local populations – requiring minimal financial investment, but all the more personal initiative and creativity.
A special evening accompanies the exhibition »Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People«. Participants will gain exclusive insights into the background and main themes of the exhibition on an exclusive guided tour. The tour is followed by a dinner with Euro-Indian fusion food and musical accompaniment in the Depot Deli. An evening for the senses!