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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Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design
29.09.2018 – 10.03.2019Vitra Design Museum
Christien Meindertsma:Beyond the Surface
18.08.2018 – 20.01.2019Vitra Design Museum Gallery
Seats of Power
19.10.2018 – 17.02.2019Vitra Schaudepot
The Vitra Design Museum Collection – 1800 to the Present
Permanent ExhibitionVitra Schaudepot
Night Fever
21.11.2018 – 05.05.2019ADAM − Brussels Design Museum, Belgium
Alvar Aalto – Second Nature
08.12.2018 – 03.02.2019Nagoya City Art MuseumJapan
Together! The New Architecture of the Collective
29.11.2018 – 17.03.2019GRASSI Museum, LeipzigGermany
Hello, Robot
22.01.2019 - 22.04.2019 MAAT Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology Lisbon, Portugal
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 pmFocus Tour: EamesMaterials and Design ProcessesEvery Friday, 2 pmBehind the ScenesEvery first 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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With the exhibition »Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design«, running from 29 September to 10 March 2019, the Vitra Design Museum will present the first large retrospective focussing on the designer, author, and activist Victor J. Papanek (1923–1998). Papanek was one of the twentieth century’s most influential pioneers of a socially and ecologically oriented approach to design beginning in the 1960s. His key work, »Design for the Real World« (1971), remains the most widely read book about design ever published. In it, Papanek makes a plea for inclusion, social justice, and sustainability – themes of greater relevance for today’s design than ever before. The exhibition includes high-value exhibits such as drawings, objects, films, manuscripts, and prints, some of which have never before been presented. These are complimented by works of Papanek’s contemporaries from the 1960s to 1980s, including George Nelson, Richard Buckminster Fuller, Marshall McLuhan, or the radical design initiative »Global Tools«. Contemporary works from the areas of critical and social design provide insight into Papanek’s lasting impact.
Further information on the exhibition here
In the context of the exhibition »Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design« we offer guided tours for children through the current exhibition and the Vitra Campus which are specially adapted to our young guests. Tours in English upon request.Age: 6 - 12 yearsAdmission: 7,00 € per childMore information and reservations at info@design-museum.deMore information on the exhibition here.
Forensic Architecture is an interdisciplinary association of researchers at London’s Goldsmiths College whose members include designers, architects, and scholars. Founder Eyal Weizman, architect and professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures, talks about the group’s radical research methods focusing on the examination and visualization of human rights violations whose novel combination of design and politics is causing international furore.Free admissionFurther information on the exhibition here
Mexican artists Francisca Rivero-Lake and Carla Verea take paparazzi-like pictures of iconic buildings by modern architects – spontaneously and unannounced. At the opening of their exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery, they will introduce their work and share experiences and anecdotes gathered on their quest for traces of Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, and other heroes of the modern era.Free admission
Curator Heng Zhi takes us on a tour of the temporary exhibition and shows the close relationship between chairs and claims to authority by examining rarities such as a throne for Pope John Paul II (1994) and Martino Gamper’s Monothrone (2017). € 10.00 per person
The arrival of the Volkswagen Transporter, known as the »Bulli«, in 1950 marked the beginning of a new era in Wolfsburg. A workhorse of Germany’s economic miracle, this pop-cultural icon was colourfully painted and converted to a camper, making the models T1 and T2 into true cult objects among alternative cultures. Dieter Landenberger,director of Volkswagen Heritage, discusses the history of the Transporter and explains how it became a symbol of our desires and wanderlust.Free admissionFurther information on the exhibition here
The furnishings on display in the Schaudepot are made from a diverse range of materials. Some are made of wood or metal, while others are manufactured from old clothing or 3D-printed plastics. As materials detectives, we investigate selected objects and experiment with various materials. Tours in English upon request.Age: 6 - 12 yearsAdmission: 7,00 € per childMore information and reservations at info@design-museum.deMore information on the Vitra Schaudepot here.
3D printing is a manufacturing technique that could Revolutionize the way objects are produced and distributed. But how does 3D printing actually work? And what are its prospects for the future? At this event, experts will answer questions and print objects in the Schaudepot Lab.Free admission
Entrepreneur and designer Anton Lorenz played a significant role in the breakthrough of modern tubular steel furniture in the 1920s and 1930s. Thanks to him, famous furniture designs by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, or Le Corbusier became successful mass-produced articles. Wolf Tegethoff, former director of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, talks about Lorenz and another key figure of the era: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the last director of the Bauhaus. An exciting glimpse behind the scenes of the avantgarde to mark the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus.Free admission
Can design be socially minded? Can it be a tool for political and social transformation? Co-Curator Amelie Klein takes us on a tour of the exhibition, introduces Papanek's work, and examines contemporary design projects to show how design can effect change.€ 10.00 per person Further information on the exhibition here
Superflux, founded by Anab Jain and Jon Ardern, is a design studio working in London (GB) and Ahmedabad (IN). In its experimental work, Superflux analyses design’s impacts and combines real designs with »Design Fiction« – narrative and speculative elements offering a glimpse into our future daily lives. Artificial intelligence, robotics, intelligent materials, and renewable materials are just some of Superflux’s themes. In her talk, Anab Jain discusses the political power inherent to this approach to design.Free admissionFurther information on the exhibition here
The Vitra Design Museum is planning a special evening to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus. A private tour will introduce visitors to Bauhaus designs as well as the exhibition focusing on Anton Lorenz, who worked closely together with Bauhaus designers. Afterwards, a 1920s-style dinner will be served – after all, the Bauhaus was also known for good food and drink!€ 58.00 per person including dinner, Registration: events@design-museum.de
While the world and life itself are becoming ever more complex, design as a means of influencing society is garnering increasing attention. In »Design as an Attitude«, author and design critic Alice Rawsthorn talks about how design can help us to navigate today’s tumultuous changes. Rawsthorn describes an eclectic and empowering vision of design that really can make a difference.Free admission
In this Workshop participants will be able to build their own Weil Chair after the Design by Van Bo Le-Mentzel. Workshops in English upon request
More information and registration via info@design-museum.de
The furnishings on display in the Schaudepot are made from a diverse range of materials. Some are made of wood or metal, while others are manufactured from old cl