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The Vitra Design Museum numbers among the world’s leading museums of design.
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26/05/2025

The Chaise longue à position variable, designed in 1928, ranks as one of the great iconic creations of the design trio Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand. The shape of the sled references both a bentwood rocking chair by Thonet and a chair that had attracted Le Corbusier’s notice as early as 1925: the Surrepos du Docteur Pascaud, whose clunky, upholstered seat was adjusted using a hand crank.

As part of our collaboration with Audi Deutschland, we are taking a closer look at some protagonists of design progress in our collection: what ideas had an outstanding impact on design, where did inspiration come from and how do we actually design progress?

The Icons of Progress series is part of a paid partnership between the Vitra Design Museum and AUDI AG dedicated to the questions of innovation, progress and sustainability in design, taking new perspectives on the museum’s collection, the Vitra Schaudepot and mutual research themes.

21/05/2025

The Recycled Carbon Chair was designed by Marleen Kaptein in 2016. It is made from recycled carbon fibre, which is very light yet durable and robust.
As part of our collaboration with Audi Deutschland, we are taking a closer look at some protagonists of design progress in our collection: what ideas had an outstanding impact on design, where did inspiration come from and how do we actually design progress?

The Icons of Progress series is part of a paid partnership between the Vitra Design Museum and AUDI AG dedicated to the questions of innovation, progress and sustainability in design, taking new perspectives on the museum’s collection, the Vitra Schaudepot and mutual research themes.

15/05/2025

On 24 May, Mateo Kries, director at the Vitra Design Museum and Christian Labonte, Audi Design Strategy, will discuss in Berlin how mobility is becoming more inclusive, sustainable and digital. The focus is not only on technology and performance, but also on design, sustainability and the people who make movement possible with their ideas.⁠
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Tickets and more information: https://experience.audi/de/events/2025-CoP-BER-TA-002
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The talk is part of a paid partnership between the Vitra Design Museum and AUDI AG dedicated to the questions of innovation, progress and sustainability in design, taking new perspectives on the museum’s collection, the Vitra Schaudepot and mutual research themes.⁠⁠
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Image: Pexels

15/04/2025

On 26 April, Susanne Graner, Head of Collection & Archive at the Vitra Design Museum and Christian Labonte, Audi Design Strategy, will discuss the interaction between analogue and digital experience.⁠
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Tickets and more information - https://experience.audi/de/events/2025-CoP-DUS-TA-002
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The talk is part of a paid partnership between the Vitra Design Museum and AUDI AG dedicated to the questions of innovation, progress and sustainability in design, taking new perspectives on the museum’s collection, the Vitra Schaudepot and mutual research themes.⁠
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Audi Deutschland

02/12/2024

The Vitra Design Museum and AUDI AG cooperate on joint projects and research relating to issues of design, progress and sustainability. Both partners share an interest in design excellence and design history as well as questions about the future. ⁠
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»The cooperation between Audi and the Vitra Design Museum has developed into an important component of our communication since 2022. Our shared interest in how design can contribute to shaping a better future is at the centre of this initiative. We have explored this question through numerous events and other initiatives. Inspiration while doing so has come from our collection, but also from visits to the design department and Audi's innovative production sites, which have particularly fascinated me personally. We look forward to continuing this initiative in 2025!« says Mateo Kries, director of the Vitra Design Museum.⁠
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The Icons of Progress series is part of a paid partnership between the Vitra Design Museum and AUDI AG dedicated to the questions of innovation, progress and sustainability in design, taking new perspectives on the museum’s collection, the Vitra Schaudepot and mutual research themes.⁠
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Image: © Vitra Design Museum, Mark Niedermann

29/11/2024

The H**p Chair designed by Werner Aisslinger is a monobloc chair made of natural fibers, mainly h**p, kenaf and Acrodur acrylic resin. The chair has been designed for a lightweight manufacturing process stemming from the car industry: the renewable raw materials h**p and kenaf are compressed with a water-based thermoset binder to form an eco-friendly, lightweight and yet strong composite.

As part of our collaboration with Audi Deutschland, we are taking a closer look at some protagonists of design progress in our collection: what ideas had an outstanding impact on design, where did inspiration come from and how do we actually design progress?

The Icons of Progress series is part of a paid partnership between the Vitra Design Museum and AUDI AG dedicated to the questions of innovation, progress and sustainability in design, taking new perspectives on the museum’s collection, the Vitra Schaudepot and mutual research themes.

22/11/2024

The French designer Patrick Jouin was one of the first to use 3D printing for furniture design in the early 2000s. His chair Solid C2 was the first piece of furniture to be printed to scale in a single operation. The printing method that Jouin chose for this was stereolithography, which is an additive manufacturing process that works by building the end product layer by layer. The material used for this is a liquid artificial resin such as epoxy resin, which hardens in response to light. Using a laser, the object is drawn onto the surface of a vat of photopolymer. The laser causes the layer of liquid resin immediately below the surface to solidify, whereupon the platform on which it is resting is lowered to allow the next layer to be lasered in its turn. The object can thus be seen literally rising up out of the vat.

As part of our collaboration with Audi Deutschland, we are taking a closer look at some protagonists of design progress in our collection: what ideas had an outstanding impact on design, where did inspiration come from and how do we actually design progress?

The Icons of Progress series is part of a paid partnership between the Vitra Design Museum and AUDI AG dedicated to the questions of innovation, progress and sustainability in design, taking new perspectives on the museum’s collection, the Vitra Schaudepot and mutual research themes.

12/11/2024

In 1959 Marco Zanuso’s studio received a commission to design a cost-effective kitchen chair with a plastic seat and backrest. This initiated a research process lasting five years in collaboration with Richard Sapper. After producing prototypes made of different materials, they started experimenting with steel sheets as a monomaterial that could ensure the structural continuity of a chair. A final version was manufactured by Gavina entirely out of sheet steel, with welded legs and fastenings, and consisted of a double-walled construction with a shallow, slightly concave seat.

As part of our collaboration with Audi Deutschland, we are taking a closer look at some protagonists of design progress in our collection: what ideas had an outstanding impact on design, where did inspiration come from and how do we actually design progress?

The Icons of Progress series is part of a paid partnership between the Vitra Design Museum and AUDI AG dedicated to the questions of innovation, progress and sustainability in design, taking new perspectives on the museum’s collection, the Vitra Schaudepot and mutual research themes.

28/10/2024

Osvaldo Borsani was one of the protagonists of a technology-driven, progressive design approach in postwar Italy. In his P40 armchair, the joints and seams as well as the reclining mechanism are clearly highlighted, emphasizing the technical look of this object. This look is perfectly balanced by the cosy, yet sharply cut seating cushions with a comfortable reclining mechanism inspired by car seating.

As part of our collaboration with Audi Deutschland, we are taking a closer look at some protagonists of design progress in our collection: what ideas had a breathtaking impact on design, where did inspiration come from and how do we actually design progress?

The Icons of Progress series is part of a paid partnership between the Vitra Design Museum and AUDI AG dedicated to the questions of innovation, progress and sustainability in design, taking new perspectives on the museum’s collection, the Vitra Schaudepot and mutual research themes.

24/04/2024

Excited to announce our upcoming exhibition at the Vitra Schaudepot: "Science Fiction Design: From Space Age to Metaverse" will present over 100 objects from the museum’s collection in a futuristic display by visual artist and designer Andrés Reisinger. Many designers of objects destined for some type of imagined future seek inspiration in the genre of science fiction. The fascinating dialogue between science fiction and design is the subject of our new exhibition. Supplemented by selected works from the realms of film and literature, the show presents a range of examples from the early twentieth century to the so-called Space Age of the 1960s and ’70s, and even further to recent design objects that have been conceived exclusively for the virtual worlds of the metaverse.⁠
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Join us for the opening of "Science Fiction Design: From Space Age to Metaverse" on May 17, 6 pm, at the Vitra Schaudepot. More information: https://www.design-museum.de/en/exhibitions/detailpages/science-fiction-design.html ⁠
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Image: Andrés Reisinger, The Shipping, 2021 © Reisinger Studio

23/04/2024

After almost two years with our beautiful installation "Colour Rush!" by Sabine Marcelis we are slowly preparing the next chapter for the presentation of our collection in the Vitra Schaudepot. Stay tuned 🩶 ⁠
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More information on Colour Rush: https://www.design-museum.de/de/ausstellungen/detailseiten/colour-rush-eine-installation-von-sabine-marcelis.html

Photo: Bettina Matthiessen

17/04/2024

Join us for another dive into the practice of architecture: on Friday and Saturday, April 26 & 27, we are happy to welcome Barcelona-based studio TAKK with founders Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño. ⁠
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Join us on Friday for a talk on their approach on rethinking living spaces under the aspects of neighbourhoods and the needs of a pluralistic urban society. On Saturday, they will host a workshop where you can explore how architecture can promote more democratic living by incorporating feminist thinking, ecology, and politics into spatial practices. Together with the architects, we will explore how the role of design is crucial in the new climatic regime. During the workshop the group will visualize and experiment with heat performance and together build of a tower-shaped sauna.

More information and tickets: https://www.design-museum.de/en/information/calendar/events/workshops.html

Images: © Studio TAKK

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