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
Balkrishna Doshi
17.10.2019 – 19.01.2020Architekturmuseum der TU Munich, Germany
Alexander GirardA Designer's Universe
23.11.2019 – 01.03.2020 Palm Springs Art MuseumPalm Springs, USA
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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.
GUIDED TOURSExhibition tour »Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design«Regular tours in German from October 6, 2018 on Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays Tours in English upon request, inquiries and bookings: info@design-museum.de Children's tour »Discover Victor's World«On the following Sundays: 28 October, 25 November, 23 December 2018, 27 January, 24 February, 3 March 2019Tours in English upon request, inquiries and bookings: info@design-museum.de EVENTSAnab Jain – SuperfluxTALK (EN) | 7 March 20196:30 pm, Vitra SchaudepotSuperflux, 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 admissionAlice Rawsthorn – Design as an AttitudeTALK (EN) | 14 March 20196:30 pm, Vitra SchaudepotWhile 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 admissionPAST EVENTSCan Design Save Us?OPENING TALK (EN) | 28 September 20186 pm, Fire StationCan design really make our world a better place and offer solutions to global problems? To kick off the exhibition, Jan Boelen, Head of department Social Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven, Lucy Orta, artist, fashion designer, and Chair of Art in the Environment at the University of the Arts London discuss with Professor Alison J. Clarke, director of the Victor J. Papanek Foundation and co-curator of »Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design«, as well as Amelie Klein, co-curator for the exhibition for the Vitra Design Museum.Free admission, please register under events@design-museum.de Alison J. Clarke – Design Revolution:Victor Papanek, His Time and Why It All Still MattersTALK (EN) | 22 November 201818:30 pm, Vitra Design MuseumThe 1960s and early 1970s weren’t just the era of hippies and student revolt. It was also a time when the role of design was critically reassessed and its political and social purpose redefined. While designers like Victor Papanek called for a holistic view of design, initiatives such as the Italian group »Global Tools« propagated more radical and experimental approaches. In her talk, Alison J. Clarke, co-curator of the »Victor Papanek« exhibition, examines the era’s tendencies and protagonists and reflects on their continued relevance today.Free admissionSedia Uno – Furniture with a MissionSPECIAL WORKSHOP (DE) | 24 November 201810:30 to 5:30 pm, Vitra SchaudepotIn 1974 the Italian designer Enzo Mari published 19 do-it-yourself furniture designs in his book »Autoprogettazione?« CUCULA, a Berlin-based project, today produces the »Sedia Uno« chair from this series together with refugees, who in the process learn important career skills. In a cooperative workshop with CUCULA, participants will not only build their own Sedia Uno, but they also learn more about the connection between politics and design.€ 85.00 per person, registration: info@design-museum.deExpert Talk: The Politics of Design»Design as Tool for a Social and Ecological Change«SPECIAL (DE) | 28 November 20187 pm, DRIVE, Volkswagen Group Forum, BerlinFriedrichstraße 84, 10117 BerlinIn the framework of the exhibition »Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design«, Vitra Design Museum and Volkswagen Group are organizing an interdisciplinary panel discussion in Berlin. Ever more designers face their responsibility resulting from the realization that design is an important tool for social, ecological and hence political change. They examine complex themes including sustainability, identity, inclusion, our consumerist behavior, or the consequences of digitalization. But whereas a consensus seems to exist about collective aims – social justice, for instance, or a cleaner environment, there are different opinions on why design needs to confront the major questions of our time, how these aims can be reached and what kind of impact design can actually have.The panel includes Axel Kufus, product designer and university professor, Director of the Institute of Product and Process Design at the Berlin University of the Arts until 2017, Henriette Ackermann, trend and material designer working on sustainable solutions, Volkswagen Group Future Center, as well as Amelie Klein, curator at the Vitra Design Museum. The expert talk is hosted by Antje Stahl, journalist and feature writer at the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and winner of the 2018 Michael Althen Prize for Criticism.The expert talk will be held in German.No registration needed, free admissionUta Brandes – Gender in DesignTALK (DE) | 6 December 20186:30 pm, Vitra SchaudepotFamous designers and architects are always men, and on the shelves of Western shops we find angled black products of steel for men and small, soft, and rounded items for women. For years the design expert Uta Brandes has investigated the theoretical and practical significance of gender in design. In her talk she discusses how gender should play a fundamental role in the design process and presents examples of design projects.Free admissionForensic Architecture – Investigative Architecture as a Tool for Political InterventionTALK (EN) | 31 January 20196:30 pm, Vitra SchaudepotForensic 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 admissionDieter Landenberger – The Myth of the BulliTALK (DE) | 7 February 20196:30 pm, Vitra SchaudepotThe 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 admissionCurator Tour »Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design«Wednesday matinee (DE) | 6 March 201910 am, Vitra Design MuseumCan design be socially minded? Can it be a tool for political and social transformation? Erika Pinner, assistant curator of »Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design«, 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 personYou can find all information on the exhibition here.