Category: Weil am Rhein


Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec - Rêveries Urbaines, Vitra Design Museum

In 2016 the Breton capital Rennes hosted four exhibitions of, by and from Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec; one of them

With the opening of the Vitra Schaudepot the Vitra Campus has not only grown by a further building, but the Vitra Design Museum has realised a long held dream, that of an exhibition space in which to present their collection in its full extent; or at least in a much fuller extent than has currently been possible.

Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron

The Vitra Design Museum Weil am Rhein à la Alexander Girard

Clearly vexed by a critical review in Architectural Forum of his friend Alexander Girard’s Santa Fe house, Charles Eames wrote

Depot Basel Forum for an Attitude Exhibition Design Automat

As we’ve often opined in these pages, design is a way of thinking, not a profession. An opinion we inevitably

Bauhaus Glossary, as seen at, The Bauhaus #itsalldesign, Vitra Design Museum

One of the biggest problems with Modernism is the name. It was unquestionably modern. Which is why it became known

Manifesto. Works by Students and Graduates of the Studio of Glass in Prague at the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Dresden, Germany

As old Mother Goose, allegedly, once claimed: Thirty days hath September, and the following five enticing new design and architecture

Maker Library Thingking © Jana Atherton-Chiellino for British Council

In his review of Chris Taylor’s book “How Star Wars Conquered the Universe” the American film critic Tom Shone makes

NOMOS Metro watch by Berlinerblau for NOMOS Glashütte

Much as the hardest move in yoga is unrolling your yoga mat, so to is the most challenging facet about

Following on from the relative inactivity of August September saw us wind back up towards the 2014 autumn design festival

Alvar Aalto Second Nature Vitra Design Museum Chairs

Everyone knows Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto. Everyone knows his flowing, free-formed buildings and his moulded plywood furniture. What

Vitra Campus Architektur Design Industrie Aedes Am Pfefferberg Berlin

1989. A year of social, culture and political upheaval whose effects are still being felt today. The Berlin Wall falls. George

aram gallery future stars

The inescapable chill in the morning air and the deep-seated boredom in the eyes of school aged children can only

Weil am Rhein City of Chairs Shiro Kuramata Apple Honey Rheinpark

Any self-respecting modern conurbation needs a moniker. An evocative tag line on which to hang its city marketing strategy and

Vitra Campus Vitra Slide Tower

Back in 2011 we took umbrage at the fence surrounding the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein and so, taking

Verner Panton Visiona 1970 Revisiting the Future at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery

Parallel to the exhibition Konstantin Grcic – Panorama, the Vitra Design Museum is revisiting perhaps the daddy of all explorations

As part of the accompanying fringe programme to the exhibition Konstantin Grcic – Panorama, the Vitra Design Museum is hosting

Konstantin Grcic Panorama Vitra Design Museum Netscape Swings

One of the first telephone calls Mateo Kries and Marc Zehntner made upon assuming leadership of the Vitra Design Museum

Ulrich Müther Binz

The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow, And what will poor robin do then, poor thing? He’ll

Richard Sapper Tizio Artemide

With the winter solstice behind us and the days growing noticeably longer, the Vitra Design Museum exhibition Lightopia draws slowly

Following the pains and tribulations of Milan, June is a time to relax. To enjoy design once again. This year

IMM Cologne kept us busy into February, but the month also saw the opening of an Eileen Gray retrospective in

VitraHaus Vitra Campus weil am rhein

There is an old adage about turning problems into chances, of every cloud having a silver lining, of every thorn

Mateo Kries Designtage Brandenburg 2013 Design Conference

At the recent Designtage Brandenburg Design Conference Vitra Design Museum Chief Curator Mateo Kries held the opening keyword speech. Under

Hella Jongerius Sphere Table Vitra VitraHaus

Back in October one of the joys of Orgatec 2012 in Cologne was watching visitors reactions to Hella Jongerius‘ Sphere

When we spoke to Marc Zehntner and Mateo Kries, the joint heads of the Vitra Design Museum, they told us