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 December the museum isopen 10 am – 2 pm.
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Home Stories: 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors
08.02.2020 – 23.08.2020Vitra Design MuseumGae Aulenti: A Creative Universe
29.02.2020 – 11.10.2020Vitra SchaudepotTypology: An Ongoing Study of Everyday Items
07.12.2019 – 31.05.2020Vitra Design Museum GalleryThe Vitra Design Museum Collection – 1800 to the Present
Permanent exhibitionVitra Schaudepot
Victor Papanek
07.03.2020 – 24.05.2020C-mine design centreGenk, Belgium
Objects of Desire
27.02.2020 – 07.06.2020CaixaForumBarcelona, Spain
Night Fever
25.01.2020 – 27.09.2020Designmuseum Danmark Copenhagen, Danmark
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
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This new format will offer a fresh look at the world-famous architecture icons on the Vitra Campus, including designs by Frank Gehry, Buckminster Fuller, and Zaha Hadid. A variation on the classical guided tour, this walk offers ample time for dialogue and creative interaction, bringing the campus and its unique atmosphere to life.
€ 10.00 per person
Edwin Heathcote is the design and architecture critic of the »Financial Times« and author of a number of books about architecture and design. In »The Meaning of Home«, he examines the semiotic history of interior architecture and the symbolism of domestic objects. In his talk, Heathcote will draw on mythology, film, and psychoanalysis while searching for clues to the meaning of the places we live in.
Free admission
More information on the exhibition »Home Stories: 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors« here
On Easter Sunday we offer an open workshop in the Vitra Schaudepot Lab. In accordance with the beginning of spring, the participants create hanging mini gardens made of wire, paper, fabric and other materials.
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
After a tour of the exhibition in the Gehry building, our young guests will design a special pillowcase.
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
Ranging from glossy magazines like »House Beautiful« or »Apartamento« to social media platforms publicizing the private, media play a central role in the emergence and spread of interior design trends. How do media impact our personal taste? Do they foster variety, or do they serve, mostly, to boost the turnover of the furniture industry? How much influence do »influencers« and bloggers really have on today’s interior design? These are the questions Nacho Alegre, photographer and co-founder of »Apartamento«, Antje Wewer, lifestyle journalist and editor for the »Salon« magazine, and Oliver Jahn, editor-in-chief of the journal »AD«, will discuss. The talk will be hosted by curator Jochen Eisenbrand.
POSTPONED: New date to be announced.
Larvae, sheep’s guts, marine algae – German designer Julia Lohmann studies natural materials and uses them in new, surprising objects and installations. As part of the programme accompanying the exhibition »Sea Change« at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery, Lohmann will talk about the oceans as a resource and a challenge, about her research into marine algae, and about the astonishing versatility of this material.
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.
The current exhibition "Home Stories: 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors" at the Vitra Design Museum shows that interior design and textile design have always been closely linked. Contemporary designers and artists such as Freddie Robins and Ernesto Neto rediscover old craft techniques and interpret them in a modern way. In this workshop, participants will learn traditional knots and knotting techniques and then design a hanging chair or wall hanging from various textile materials.
The workshop will be held in German.€ 85,00 € per personInformation and registration: info@design-museum.de
Curator Jochen Eisenbrand guides visitors through the exhibition »Home Stories«, explaining its fundamental idea, background, preparation, and development.
All too often the history of design is told as a story with many heroes and no heroines. Many leading figures in design were women, however – including Charlotte Perriand, Lilly Reich, Marianne Brandt, and Gae Aulenti. How can feminine perspectives become meaningful in design without falling prey to the typical gender debates? This is the question discussed by design critics and curators Vera Sacchetti and Matylda Krzykowski, whose »Foreign Legion« initiative highlights the role of women in design, with Tanja Cunz, curator of »Gae Aulenti: A Creative Universe«.
Curator Viviane Stappmans guides visitors through the exhibition »Typology: An Ongoing Study of Everyday Items«, afterwards drinks and discussions.
The guided tour will be held in German. € 15.00 per person (incl. drink)
More information on the exhibition »Typology: An Ongoing Study of Everyday Items« here
The Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis is one of the shooting stars of the design scene. Her poetically purist style is characterized by colours and transparent materials which she combines in pieces of furniture, installations, lamps, and commercial interiors. One of her best-known designs is »Dawn Lights« (2015), a series of lamps for which Marcelis drew inspiration from the natural light of early morning. In her talk, Marcelis will discuss her design approach and her work as a designer of objects and interiors.