Here We Are!
Women in Design 1900 – Today

Opening Day
Saturday, 25 September 2021, 12 pm to 6 pm

During our Opening Day you can explore the exhibition free of charge, get yourself a drink from the Airstream, and join one of the numerous curators' tours available all day:

12 pm, Drinks and Greetings
Mateo Kries, Director, Vitra Design Museum
Viviane Stappmanns, Nina Steinmüller, Susanne Graner, Exhibition Curators
Pascale Lepeu, Curator of the Cartier Collection
Dr. Britta Kaiser-Schuster, Director of 20th century and contemporary art,
Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States

Each 1 pm, 2 pm, and 3 pm
Curators’ tours through the exhibition

Free admission

About the exhibition
Be it in furniture design, fashion design, industrial design, or interior design, women have contributed crucially to the development of modern design, both creatively  and commercially. The exhibition »Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 – Today« explores the role of designers from the past 120 years and tells a new, many-voiced story of design against the background of the struggle for equal rights and recognition. Around eighty women in design are showcased in the exhibition,  including protagonists of modernism like Eileen Gray, Charlotte Perriand, Clara Porset, and Jeanne Toussaint, business leaders like Florence Knoll and Armi Ratia, but  also lesser-known figures like the social reformer Jane Addams. Contemporary positions and future outlooks are represented by such designers as Matali Crasset,  Patricia Urquiola, Julia Lohmann, and the Matri-Archi(tecture) collective.
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Please note that the form and programme of the Opening Day may change based on new developments in the COVID 19 pandemic. Furthermore, an official certification of vaccination, testing or recovery is required for the event.
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