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.
Clearly vexed by a critical review in Architectural Forum of his friend Alexander Girard’s Santa Fe house, Charles Eames wrote
As we’ve often opined in these pages, design is a way of thinking, not a profession. An opinion we inevitably
One of the biggest problems with Modernism is the name. It was unquestionably modern. Which is why it became known
As old Mother Goose, allegedly, once claimed: Thirty days hath September, and the following five enticing new design and architecture
In his review of Chris Taylor’s book “How Star Wars Conquered the Universe” the American film critic Tom Shone makes
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
Everyone knows Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto. Everyone knows his flowing, free-formed buildings and his moulded plywood furniture. What
1989. A year of social, culture and political upheaval whose effects are still being felt today. The Berlin Wall falls. George
The inescapable chill in the morning air and the deep-seated boredom in the eyes of school aged children can only
Any self-respecting modern conurbation needs a moniker. An evocative tag line on which to hang its city marketing strategy and
Back in 2011 we took umbrage at the fence surrounding the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein and so, taking
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
One of the first telephone calls Mateo Kries and Marc Zehntner made upon assuming leadership of the Vitra Design Museum
The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow, And what will poor robin do then, poor thing? He’ll
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
There is an old adage about turning problems into chances, of every cloud having a silver lining, of every thorn
At the recent Designtage Brandenburg Design Conference Vitra Design Museum Chief Curator Mateo Kries held the opening keyword speech. Under
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