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.
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.
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.
Gallery
Designers
Collections
Products
Alcove Sofa
Quilted, sound-absorbing panels in Lowback and Highback; a room within a room
Eames Storage Unit ESU Shelf
Eames shelf of 1949 with coloured aluminium panels, from low sideboard to tall bookshelf
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman
The Eameses' updated English club chair of 1956, with swivel base and matching Ottoman
Eames Plastic Side Chair DSW
The Eames side shell on a four-legged wooden base, now in recycled plastic
Meda Gate
A cantilevered waiting-area bench system designed for robust public interiors
.03
Maarten Van Severen's 1998 flexible polyurethane chair with leaf springs in the back
Abalon Table
A low circular coffee table with a bevelled top and widely splayed four-star base.
Abalon Sofa
A three-person curved sofa that creates a sheltered centre for conversation or retreat.
Airline
Norman Foster's 1998 beam-seating system for durable, reconfigurable waiting areas
La Chaise
Eames lounge chair of 1948 with a white polyester resin shell on a chrome and oak base.
Alcove Work
A high- or low-panel solo work seat with an integrated writing tablet.
Joyn 2 Meet
A configurable meeting-table system for seated or standing collaboration.