Vitra

I had come upon this very interesting site and think it would be nice to show you:

Vitra, click on the name and you can go to their beautiful and well designed interactive site. Dedicated to these designers below...based in Switzerland and Germany, producing and selling all over the world.

Albers, Josef
Arad, Ron
Becker, Dorothee
Bill, Max
Bouroullec, Ronan and Erwan Citterio, Antonio
Eames, Charles & Ray
Gehry, Frank
Girard, Alexander Herzog & de Meuron
Jongerius, Hella
Kuramata, Shiro
Le Corbusier
Lynn, Greg
Meda, Alberto
Morrison, Jasper
Nelson, George
Noguchi, Isamu
Panton, Verner
Prouvé, Jean
Saarinen, Eero
Starck, Philippe
Taut, Bruno
Van Severen, Maarten
Yanagi, Sori




They produce, show and exhibit modern classic furniture for the home, office and public spaces, developed the Vitra House for modern living and a fabulous museum. Which is located in Germany, but you can go on virtual tours from your arm chair...
But if you happen to be near Basel, Switzwerland you are right at the triangle of Switzerland, France and Germany, so you can visit, it's very close by.

Opening times
VitraHaus,
VitraHaus Café,
Vitra Design Museum and Shop
Mon-Sun: 10.00-18.00,
except Thu: 10.00-20.00

Address
Vitra Campus
Charles-Eames-Str. 2
D-79576 Weil am Rhein
Contact the VitraHaus
+49 (0)7621 702 3500
vitrahaus@vitra.com



And while I was marveling over this wonderful piece by Verner Panton I was reminded of a picture which I had seen only yesterday in the latest Anthropologie catalog:



These chairs must be related, I guess it's the bohemian cousin....


XX
Victoria



Pictures via Vitra site and the latest Anthropologie catalog