A personal review of design creations
Against Excess: The Radical Quiet of Hella Jongerius
There are designers who make beautiful things, and then there are designers who make you think differently about things altogether. Hella Jongerius belongs firmly to the second category — and this spring, the Vitra Design Museum is making the case for her as one of the most consequential design minds of our era.
Transform! Designing the Future of Energy
The exhibition at Vitra Design Museum focuses on the transformation of the energy sector from the perspective of design.
The Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara
If you are heading to Art Basel and Design Miami/Basel next week, do not miss Vitra Design Museum’s brand new addition on its Campus: the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara.
Colour Rush! An Installation by Sabine Marcelis
Following an invitation from the Vitra Design Museum, Sabine Marcelis has transformed the Schaudepot in one simple, sweeping gesture by sorting its roughly four hundred exhibits by colour.
Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 – Today
Women have contributed crucially to the development of modern design but books often fail to mention them.
Vitra Design Museum seeks to help redress the balance and pays tribute to eighty women in design in a brand new exhibition opening by the end of September.