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Brand
Vitra
SwitzerlandVitra was founded in 1950 as a family-owned company by Willi and Erika Fehlbaum and is headquartered in Birsfelden near Basel. After discovering the furniture of Charles and Ray Eames and George Nelson in New York in 1953, the Fehlbaums…
Brand Story
Heritage
Vitra was founded in 1950 as a family-owned company by Willi and Erika Fehlbaum and is headquartered in Birsfelden near Basel. After discovering the furniture of Charles and Ray Eames and George Nelson in New York in 1953, the Fehlbaums began producing these designs for Europe in 1957.
Philosophy
Vitra develops design furniture for offices, homes and public spaces in close, long-term collaboration with its designers, and makes design culture public through the Vitra Campus and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.
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Iconic Works
In 1967 Vitra introduced Verner Panton's Panton Chair, the first cantilever chair made of plastic. The collection holds classics by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alexander Girard and Jean Prouvé alongside work by Antonio Citterio, Jasper Morrison and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec.
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Today
The company is still family-owned, with Nora Fehlbaum as Chairwoman of the Board, and produces in Weil am Rhein (Germany), Sugito (Japan) and Szombathely (Hungary). The Vitra Campus gathers buildings by Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Álvaro Siza, Herzog & de Meuron and SANAA.
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Designers
Collections
Products
Tip Ton RE
A forward-tilting recycled-plastic chair by Barber Osgerby
Polder Sofa
Hella Jongerius’s asymmetrical sofa with coordinated textile palettes and a side platform
Repos Ottoman
The matching Repos footrest with a removable cover and four-star base
Guéridon
Jean Prouvé's round wooden Guéridon of 1949, made for the University of Paris, in two sizes
ID Air
Antonio Citterio's ID Air: an office chair with a one-piece perforated plastic backrest
ID Mesh
Antonio Citterio's ID Mesh: a spacer-fabric net backrest on a slim two-part frame
ID Soft
Antonio Citterio's ID Soft: a fully upholstered, height-adjustable backrest on the ID Chair Concept
Tabouret Haut
Jean Prouvé's 1942 bar stool in solid oak, with a chromed steel ring that serves as footrest
ID Trim Office Chair
Office chair with a slim, compactly padded sandwich backrest and integrated lumbar support
Occasional Table LTR
Eames low occasional table of 1950 with a steel-wire rod base and wood, HPL, linoleum or marble top.
Follow Me 1
A lockable mobile pedestal with a pull strap and tambour shutter.
Mikado Side Chair
Barber Osgerby’s armless Mikado chair with a gently reclining upholstered back
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