Weil am Rhein

Frank O. Gehry at Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein, Germany)

Frank O. Gehry since 1997
Vitra Design Museum
Oct, 2 2010 – March, 13 2011
In the first building realized in Europe by Frank O. Gehry, from October 2, 2010 the Vitra Design Museum will be presenting a selection of his most important projects of the last 13 years. The projects in the exhibition Frank O. Gehry since 1997 will be displayed in the form of large, detailed studies and competition models from the Gehry Partners archive. Original drawings by the architect and a multitude of developmental models will offer visitors detailed and readily comprehensible insights into the design process.

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The Essence of Things. Design and the Art of Reduction

The Essence of Things. Design and the Art of Reduction
Vitra Design Museum
20.03.2010 – 19.09.2010
Introduction
Do financially difficult conditions automatically lead to more economical and longer-lasting products? In this current discussion, both Darwinist model of the “survival of the fittest” as well as design icons from past crisis-ridden eras are presented as arguments.

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Vitra Design Museum

Vitra Design Museum
The inception of Vitra Design Museum dates back to the early 1980s. With the aim of documenting the history of the Vitra company, Vitra chairman Rolf Fehlbaum began collecting the furniture of designers who had influenced the company’s development, such as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alvar Aalto, and Jean Prouvé. As the collection grew, so did the desire for an architectural venue in which the objects could be displayed.

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