Category: Weil am Rhein
Vitra Design Museum: Lightopia
“My, my, my, Delilah! Why, why, why, Delilah!”
The morning of Friday September 27th 2013 was one of those misty autumn occasions that cause SANAA’s immense new Vitra Factory Building in Weil am Rhein to merge, almost unseen, with the grey background. Even Herzog & de Meuron’s new Basel Messe complex was reduced to nothing more grand than a continuation of the uncaring monotonous sky. The glitzing, shimmering palace of high summer just the weak shadow of a memory.
And so it was perhaps fitting that the Vitra Design Museum choose this dank September morn to open their latest exhibition, “Lightopia”, an exhibition devoted to light.
For today was a clear warning, in the coming months we will all be in need of a little light.
Vitra Design Museum: Learning from Vernacular
Until September 29th the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein is presenting the exhibition Learning from Vernacular. Curated by Prof.
Prima by Zaha Hadid @ Vitra Campus
With our trademark “almost too late, but just sneaking in on time” we bring you Prima by Zaha Hadid. Conceived
Diogene by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Vitra
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Vitra Campus: SANAA Factory Building
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The Fall of the Vitra Fence.
Back in March 2011 we bemoaned the position of the fence surrounding the Vitra production facility in Weil am Rhein,
Vitra Design Museum: Louis Kahn – The Power of Architecture
On Friday February 23rd the Vitra Design Museum open their 2013 spring/summer exhibition, Louis Kahn – The Power of Architecture.
Pop Art Design at Vitra Design Museum
The MoMa in New York famously houses some of the most famous works of Pop Art. And just as famously
Vitra Design Museum: Confrontations – Contemporary Dutch Design Live. Videos
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Vitra Design Museum: Confrontations – Contemporary Dutch Design Live
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Vitra Design Museum: Gerrit Rietveld – The Revolution of Space
If your going to organise an exhibition called “The Revolution of Space”, there is probably no more fitting location than
Vitra Design Museum: Interview with Marc Zehntner and Mateo Kries
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Album @ Vitra Design Museum Gallery: Interview with Ronan Bouroullec
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are without question two of the most important designers of their generation and are currently
Vitra Design Museum Gallery: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec “Album”
Having got up in the middle of the night to travel through the depths of the European winter just to
VitraHaus – Èt År: Et Interview med Eckart Maise
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One Year VitraHaus: An Interview with Eckart Maise
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The Vitra Fence
Last Friday we spent a highly enjoyable – and successful – day at and with Vitra. Texts to follow. We
(smow)blog review 2010: January, February, March
While critics denounce such as an easy and obvious way to generate content – for us reviewing the past year
Vitra Design Museum Workshop: Part 1 – The Idea
Parallel to its exhibitions the Vitra Design Museum organises workshops designed not only to accompany the exhibitions but much more
Vitra Design Museum: The Essence of Things. Design and the Art of Reduction
The (smow)blog team outing to the cardboard furniture workshop was coupled with a visit to the current Vitra Design Museum
VitraHaus: 100,000 Visitors
If we’re honest – and when are we not – the news caused more than little unrest in (smow)blog HQ:
(smow)offline: VitraHaus in Spring
On account of the horrendous hotel prices demanded during design week the (smow)blog team camp in Milan. And that despite
(smow)offline: The Essence of Things. Design and the Art of Reduction
On Saturday 20.03.2010 the latest Vitra Design Museum exhibition “The Essence of Things. Design and the Art of Reduction” officially
VitraHaus: Jongerius, Panton, Eames: The rejected colour schemes
As many of you will be aware, the construction of the VitraHaus was not without it’s controversy. For all the
VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron: Images
If a picture really does paint a thousand words; a dozen VitraHaus photos here saves us an awful lot of