Tag: Vitra
Iwan Baan: Architectural photography in the Vitra Design Museum – Culture
In the end, what is the photo of a building that he is really happy with? Iwan Baan says: “There was this guy on a bicycle. And then there was…
“Garden Futures”: Exhibition in the Vitra Design Museum about garden culture
From Gerhard Matzig Sometimes, when administrative courts deal with arguments about branches hanging over fences or smoking barbecues, or when you do everything you can to achieve the supposedly perfect…
Hello, Robot: Vitra presents an exhibition about the future of robot culture
“Spot” is the name of the new star in robot theater. In 2016, the four-legged device, which looks like a bright yellow chimera made up of a construction site machine…
The Vitra Design Museum is dedicated to plastic culture
In his book “Everyday Myths”, the French philosopher Roland Barthes celebrates plastic as “magical matter”. The year is 1957 and Barthes writes: “So plastic is not just a substance, it…
Secret pioneers: The Vitra Design Museum shows women in design – culture
The video “Semiotics of the Kitchen”, which the American artist Martha Rosler produced in 1975, lasts six minutes. Anyone who has ever seen the film will look at every kitchen…