Vitra AG | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Founded by Willi and Erika Fehlbaum in Switzerland where it is still headquartered, the privately held furniture manufacturer Vitra entered the furniture market in 1957, when it licensed the rights to produce furniture by American maker Herman Miller for the European market. Primarily producing the designs of George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames, by 1967, Vitra introduced the Panton chair by Verner Panton, the first cantilevered plastic chair. In 1977, the company was taken over by Rolf Fehlbaum, and in 1984, Vitra ended its partnership with Herman Miller, obtaining the rights to produce Eames and Nelson designs for Europe and the Middle East. Today, in addition to producing Eames and Nelson designs that... more.

We have 8 objects that Vitra AG has been involved with.

23 paper and fabric swatches of colors in the format of a color wheel. The four white squares that hold these swatches are staggered in alignment. The top left square supports four swatches of cool toned grey colors. The top right square supports four swatches of various green tones. The bottom right square exhibits the colors grey, tones of blue, black and a dark maroon. On the bottom left are eight swatches of cool and warm tone reds. The bottom right square exhibits the colors grey, tones of blue, black and a dark maroon.

A concaved heart-shape chair upholstered in bright, cherry-red woven wool. A roung cushion of the same color and material rests on the seat. The wings of the chair form an inverted cone shape meeting at the horizontal x-form steel base on which it is mounted.

Vitra AG has collaborated with
Verner Panton and
Hella Jongerius and
Philippe Starck and
Herman Miller Furniture Company and
Frank O. Gehry and
Erwan Bouroullec and
Ronan Bouroullec and
Shiro Kuramata.

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