Project Vitra. Places, Products, Authors, Museum, Collection, Signs

Rolf Fehlbaum, Cornel Windlin (eds.)

The fi rst comprehensive publication about the history, present and future of a design fi rm with more to offer than just chairs.

Project Vitra began in 1957 in Birsfelden near Basel with the production of the furniture of Charles & 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 fi rm’s own corporate campus. Vitra sees itself fi rst 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 fi rm’s collaboration with architects and designers, including Charles & Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alexander Girard, Tibor Kal- man, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, SANAA, Jasper Morrison, Zaha Hadid, Hella Jongerius, Maarten Van Severen,

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Jean Prouvé, Mario Bellini, Antonio Citterio, Alberto Meda, Verner Panton, Herzog & de Meuron, and many others. The copiously illustrated chapters with contributions by Alex Coles, Rolf Fehlbaum, approx. 394 pp., 550 colour, 50 b/w ills. Luis Fernández-Galiano, Deyan Sudjic, and Hardcover in dustjacket Alexander von Vegesack tell stories about the approx. EUR 39.90* / GBP 29.90* places, people, and products connected with 978-3-7643-8593-4 Vitra. This overview is rounded off by a history *Prices are subject to local VAT of the fi rm and a comprehensive glossary. Available in November 2007

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