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 and 31 December the museum isopen 10 am – 2 pm.
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Objects of Desire:Surrealism and Design
28.09.2019 – 19.01.2020Vitra Design MuseumAfter the Wall: Design since 1989
26.10.2019 – 23.02.2020Vitra SchaudepotTypology: An Ongoing Study of Everyday Items
07.12.2019 – 03.05.2020Vitra Design Museum GalleryThe 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.The museum is openon all Sundays and public holidays.On 24 and 31 December the museum is open 10 am – 2 pm.
The re-editions of the Vitra Design Museum are true-to-the original, high-quality reproductions of iconic designs. Just like the Vitra Design Museum exhibitions, these products show that design is an important part of our everyday culture.
The latest release is a numbered edition of the »Plywood Chair« (1988) by Jasper Morrison, which will be available from Summer 2019. First presented as part of the exhibition »Some New Items for the Home, Part I« at the DAAD gallery in Berlin, the chair is remarkable for the simple and elegant form that made it a striking contrast to the extravagant designs of the 1980s.
For the Berlin exhibition, Jasper Morrison produced an initial set of only three copies. In 1989, the design went into serial production at Vitra, where it was produced under the name »Ply-Chair« until 2009. Ten years later, a numbered edition of the »Plywood Chair« is now issued by the Vitra Design Museum in collaboration with Jasper Morrison.
The chair is made out of plywood, an unpretentious material whose strength makes it suitable for a sleek, lightweight construction. When weight is applied, the seat yields slightly, fitting snugly into the curve of a wooden cross underneath it, which takes the strain and provides stability. The visible composition of the wood and screw joints give the chair a handmade character while at the same time revealing its construction.
The cooperation with Jasper Morrison will be realized by the carpenter's workshop of the Vitra Design Museum that will produce the numbered edition of the »Plywood Chair« with careful attention to detail.
The numbered edition of the »Plywood Chair« will be available in the Vitra Design Museum Shop at the VitraHaus (Vitra Campus).
Plywood ChairVitra Design Museum EditionJasper Morrison, 1988€ 595,00 (incl. VAT)