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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Objects of Desire:Surrealism and Design
28.09.2019 – 19.01.2020Vitra Design Museum
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg:Better Nature
20.07.2019 - 24.11.2019Vitra 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
Victor Papanek
31.10.2019 – 02.02.2020Barcelona Design MuseumBarcelona, Spain
Hello, Robot
03.11.2019 – 09.02.2020V&A DundeeDundee, Scotland
The Bauhaus #itsalldesign
14.03.2019 – 01.12.2019Designmuseum DanmarkCopenhagen, Denmark
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,24 December 10 am – 2 pm. The museum is open on Sundays and on all public holidays.
Details
In conjunction with the exhibition opening »After the Wall: Design since 1989«, the Vitra Design Museum will host an opening talk with the Dutch designer Hella Jongerius on the major trends, shifts and challenges of design in the past thirty years. She is one of the most prominent designers in the world thanks to her blending of craft and technology and her innovative use of colour. Jongerius will give a talk tracing her professional development from 1989 until today.
Free admission
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.
A sofa that resembles a pair of lips? A horse with a lamp on its head? A table with bird’s feet? Up to the present day, designers and artists have drawn inspiration from Surrealism to create extraordinary artworks and design objects that blend dream, reality and fantasy. Together we will explore the current exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum and then try our own hand at creating zany, spooky or humorous masks.
Age: 6 - 12 yearsAdmission: 7,00 € per child
Minimum attendance: 5 childrenRegistration required at least seven days before the tour at info@design-museum.de
More information on the exhibition here
Literary scholar and fashion expert Barbara Vinken explores the role of women in fashion and art. In her talk she will address the often piquant relationships between Surrealism, fashion, and changing images of femininity. What does it mean that Salvador Dalí designed a lip-shaped sofa and Man Ray painted the f-holes of a stringed instrument onto a female nude? What impact did Surrealism have on fashion, and what is its lasting influence on such contemporary fashion designers as Rei Kawakubo from Comme des Garçons or Iris van Herpen?
More information on the exhibition »Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design« here
From Meret Oppenheim’s furry teacup to the »Horse Lamp« (2006) designed by the Swedish Front Design group – in Surrealism nothing is what it seems as costumes and camouflage transform the familiar world into a mysterious realm of secrets and stories. This is precisely what this workshop accompanying the exhibition »Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design« is proposing to do: Participants will use various materials and methods to dress up a chair, transforming a familiar piece of furniture into an original and playful design object to take home.
€ 65.00 per person, registration: info@design-museum.de
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
The Berlin-based sound art duo Air Cushion Finish, consisting of JayRope and Lippstueck, will transform the museum into a mysterious realm situated between dream and reality. Their concert in the exhibition »Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design« features a wide array of sound-producing objects as well as electronic music and filters. JayRope’s instrumental performance and Lippstueck’s soft vocals exert a hypnotic fascination, offering a musical interpretation of Surrealist motifs. Concertgoers are welcome to explore the exhibition as they listen.
Free admission, registration: events@design-museum.de
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.
Curator Viviane Stappmans guides visitors through the exhibition »Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: Better Nature«, afterwards drinks and discussions.
The guided tour will be held in German. € 15.00 per person (incl. drink)
More information on the exhibition »Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: Better Nature« here
Lighting is a fascinating challenge for many designers and artists – from Man Ray, who designed the Surrealist object »Lampshade« (1964), to Fernando and Huberto Campana, who find suggestive uses for recycled materials. Inspired by these and similar examples, the participants in this design workshop will use materials like wire, glass, wood, and textiles to create atmospheric light sculptures that brighten up the winter days.
Algae are considered a promising new raw material for industry and design. Atelier Luma, a think tank of the Luma Foundation in Arles (southern France), explores its potential with a network of scientists, engineers, agriculturists and producers, which creates innovative bioplastics and new manufacturing processes in the fields of textiles and photography. Johanna Weggelaar introduces the project and presents examples of algae products to demonstrate how the new material can be processed and how it might influence and change society. Get yourself a drink and participate in the open discussion about the possibilities and challenges of the algae-based alternative.
The French design collective »Collections Typologie« researches and documents the ways in which the physical forms of anonymous archetypal products – wine bottles or wooden vegetable crates – have continually adapted to local conditions and uses over the centuries. An informal opening event will be held on the feast day of Saint Nicholas, 6th December, during which the members of Collections Typologie talk about their work. Traditional mulled wine recipes that have also evolved over generations will contribute to the festive atmosphere.
This tandem tour gives participants a chance to approach Surrealism from different angles. After being introduced to selected works of Surrealist art in the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel, they continue to the Vitra Design Museum, where the exhibition »Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design« presents Surrealist furniture, lamps, and other design objects. The tour ends with an aperitif offered at Vitra Design Museum.
€ 25.00 per person, registration: events@design-museum.de
Some of the milestones of film history were created by Surrealist artists like Man Ray, Luis Buñuel, and Salvador Dalí. Apart from the dream worlds, obsessions, and chance encounters one would expect from a Surrealist director, their cinematic works also feature path-breaking visual experiments. Following an introduction by assistant curator Tanja Cunz, we will screen Surrealism’s most important films. Although cinemagoers can look forward to popcorn and comfortable lounge chairs, the evening is unlikely to get too cosy: Surrealist films were made to shock and perturb, using an entirely new approach to narration.
Crystal-shaped »himmeli« made of straw are an indispensable fixture of the Christmas season in Scandinavia. Inspired by this tradition, we invite you and your family to build your own »himmeli« in an open workshop at the Schaudepot Lab on the third Sunday of Advent.
Curator Viviane Stappmanns takes visitors on a guided tour of the exhibition »Typology: An Ongoing Study of Everyday Items«, explaining its fundamental ideas and sharing background details about its inception and development.
€ 10.00 per person