When a Vitra object arrives in a home, an office or a public space, it already comes with a long story. One of a designer who, in collaboration with Vitra, starts a seemingly endless development process, filled with trials and errors. One of a manufacturing attitude where the details are not the details, but what makes the quality of your new piece. And you take this tale forward enriching it with the stories of your own space.
Our story began in 1953 when Willi Fehlbaum, the founder of Vitra, discovered chairs designed by Charles and Ray Eames on a trip to the USA and decided to become a furniture manufacturer. He met the designer couple in person a short time later and developed a lasting friendship that has shaped our company ever since. Over the past decades, we have worked closely with some of the world’s most important designers and their descendants. These collaborations have led to the production of many classics: furnishings from another era that remain as timely and vital as ever and continue to move and inspire us. As a furniture manufacturer, we maintain a close relationship with our designers – whom we refer to as authors – and the result of these collaborations is always an original. Together with Vitra, our designers dedicate their time, expertise and craftsmanship to the development and launch of new products.
在摇摆的六十年代：从时尚到音乐，从风格到电视，都是享乐主义，自由，喜剧，自由，喜剧，当涉及到设计，它是颜色，振动，曲线
这种肆意的场景与北欧极简主义设计学校、“less is more”学院、黑人和白人的生活哲学有什么共同之处呢? 一个人，一把椅子，一个想法。
Vertra Panton（维纳·潘顿），Vitra的特色之一，富有远见的丹麦设计师提出了一种色彩鲜艳的一体式全塑料椅子的想法，这种椅子具有雕塑性的形状和悬臂式设计，对于那些不想追求的制造商来说，这几乎是不可能的挑战大胆的概念。
维利·费鲍姆（Willi Fehlbaum）和维纳·潘顿（Verner Panton）在研究潘顿椅
维利•费鲍姆(Willi Fehlbaum)是这家瑞士(原属德国)公司的联合创始人，他已经看到了大局:潘顿椅(Panton Chair)于1967年首次推出，也是维特拉(Vitra)第一个独立开发的产品。
维纳.潘顿最著名的设计于1999年投入批量生产，具有讽刺意味的是，他去世后不久便获得了传奇般的地位，并见证了维特拉与维纳·潘顿之间的特殊关系。
如今，全塑料Panton椅子已成为20世纪设计的标志
Vitra产品开发的核心在于与来自世界各地的设计师（他们称为作者）之间的关系，这是艺术动力和行业知识的创造性，务实的综合。
1953年，Vitra的创始人维利•费鲍姆(Willi Fehlbaum)和查尔斯·埃姆斯(Charles Eames)和雷·埃姆斯(Ray Eames)夫妇第一次见面时，发现了由这对夫妇设计的椅子。从那以后，这种理念就影响了公司的文化。
随后，他决定成为一家家具制造商，发展了众多关系中的第一个，这种关系一直都带来了美好的设计时刻，而且正如他们所说的那样，这是Vitra的原创作品。
Herzog＆de Meuron的VitraHaus是Vitra的旗舰店，也是Vitra Home系列的所在地
有时人生中最大的机遇来自莫名其妙的悲剧，而维特拉校区背后的故事也不例外。1981年，一场大火摧毁了莱茵河畔威尔的工厂，维特拉决定将其工厂建设成我们当时最大的建筑收藏地。
在接下来的几年中，最著名的建筑师阿尔瓦罗·西扎（Alvaro Siza），扎哈·哈迪德（Zaha Hadid），伦佐·皮亚诺（Renzo Piano），安藤忠雄（Tadao Ando）和伯爵（Counting – 应邀设计了维特拉独一无二的建筑公园。
由弗兰克·盖里（Frank Gehry）设计的维特拉设计博物馆
其中弗兰克·盖里(Frank Gehry)对校园的贡献值得特别提及，因为这位建筑大师是维特拉设计博物馆(Vitra Design Museum)所在建筑的作者，该博物馆如今是世界领先的设计博物馆之一。
这个解构结构不仅仅是一个博物馆，它不仅致力于公司不断增长的家具收藏，也致力于艺术和设计的研究和展示，以及它们与建筑、日常文化和生活的关系。
维特拉设计博物馆致力于过去和现在的设计研究和展示
如今，公司对他们为地球所做的事情越来越投入并做出判断。在Vitra，这种承诺一直是一种生活方式：原始的Vitra是经典的，几十年来一直很流行并且与时俱进，其永恒的外观也体现在极其耐用的质量上，这使得该公司可以为办公椅提供数十年的保修服务。
有时，Vitra会根据新的要求和改进对经典产品进行调整，在60年代设计的桌子上增加无线充电功能，为新一代用户和他们的后代提供服务。
Vitra设计博物馆的储藏室展示了最具标志性的设计
Vitra Eames椅子
Eames休闲椅
维特拉设计博物馆展览
VitraHaus提供不同设计风格的家具布置，其中包括伟大的Vitra经典和最新的现代设计
Charles and Ray Eames developed a toy elephant made of plywood in 1945; however, this piece never went into production. One prototype was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1946 and still survives in the Eames family archives today. After a limited edition in 2007, Vitra launched serial production of the Eames Elephant in wood for the very first time in 2018.
Now in 2020, the Eames Elephant will be 75 years old. To commemorate this anniversary, Vitra is launching a special series in grey-stained wood – bringing the intricately produced collector's item even closer to its living counterparts.
The Eames Elephant (plywood, grey) is available as of September 2020 from nearly 600 Vitra retail partners. The special series is limited to 999 pieces, each of which have a special numbered label.
With his collection of Wall Clocks (1948-1960), George Nelson conceived a wide array of timepieces, many of which have since become icons of 1950s design.
As one of the most famous objects of Japanese post-war design, the Elephant Stool was created by the prolific product designer Sori Yanagi. The stackable plastic stool can be used both indoors and outside.
The Tulip Chair is one of a series of chairs, stools, and tables developed by Eero Saarinen within a five-year period. The characteristic feature of the series is that the supporting structure has been pared to a central supporting stem »like a wineglass« in order to emphasise the uniformity of table and chair.
Hans J. Wegner is one of the leading representatives of traditional Danish furniture design. His work has a sound basis, namely a thorough training as a carpenter, and is rooted in a family tradition of craftsmen. He had already learned how to handle shapes and tools in his father's shoe-making shop. During his studies in Copenhagen he became familiar with masters of the Danish art of furniture-making. Wegner takes ideas from artistic joinery the world over and makes them specifically Danish.
The relationship of trust between these authors from all corners of the world and Vitra, who shares their ambitions, is at the very heart of the company’s product development process. Collaborations are always a subtle synthesis of artistic freedom, production know-how and industry knowledge. This philosophy has shaped the company’s culture since its early partnerships with seminal designers like Charles & Ray Eames and George Nelson.
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