
Project Vitra
Sites, Products, Authors, Museum, Collections, Signs; Chronology, Glossary
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
1st Edition
Published on 5. November 2007
Book
Hardback
396 pages
978-3-7643-8593-4 (ISBN)
Description
Project Vitra began in 1957 in Birsfelden near Basel with the production of the furniture of Charles and Ray Eames and George Nelson. Today Vitra is active and known throughout the world for its products and cultural initiatives, which are evidenced by the Vitra Design Museum, its collections, and the architecture of the firm's own corporate campus. Vitra sees itself first and foremost as a project driven by the desire and determination to design the world. This ambition is also the driving force behind «Project Vitra», which offers an inside look at the firm's collaboration with architects and designers, including Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alexander Girard, Tibor Kalman, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, SANAA, Jasper Morrison, Zaha Hadid, Hella Jongerius, Maarten Van Severen, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Jean Prouvé, Mario Bellini, Antonio Citterio, Alberto Meda, Verner Panton, Herzog and de Meuron, and many others. The copiously illustrated chapters with contributions by Alex Coles, Rolf Fehlbaum, Luis Fernández-Galiano, Deyan Sudjic, and Alexander von Vegesack tell stories about the places, people, and products connected with Vitra. This overview is rounded off by a history of the firm and a comprehensive glossary.
More details
Edition
1st ed. 2007. Corr. 2nd printing
Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
795
197 s/w Abbildungen, 795 farbige Abbildungen
197 b/w and 795 col. ill.
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 17 cm
Weight
1071 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7643-8593-4 (9783764385934)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Rolf Fehlbaum ist Chairman von Vitra; Cornel Windlin verantwortet seit 2004 Konzeption und Gestaltung der Vitra Home-Kataloge.
Rolf Fehlbaum is Vitra's chairman; Cornel Windlin has been responsible for conceiving and designing Vitra's home catalogues since 2004.
Rolf Fehlbaum is Vitra's chairman; Cornel Windlin has been responsible for conceiving and designing Vitra's home catalogues since 2004.
Content
Places (presentation of Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein with museum by Frank O. Gehry, fabrication facilities (by Alvaro Siza and Grimshaw), conference pavilion (by Tadao Ando).- Products (Furniture by Vitra).- Authors (Vitra s famous designers from Eames over Panton to Hadid ...).- Museum (on concept behind exhibitions).- Collection (Famous Chair/Furniture Collection/Barragan Foundation).- Signs (finds form the Vitra archive).- Glossary (on famous designers who ve worked for the company).