The work of the Vitra Design Museum is based on its collection, which includes not only key objects of design history, but also the estates of several important design personalities. The museum library and document archive are available to researchers upon request. The museum conceives its exhibitions for touring, and they are shown at venues around the world. On the Vitra Campus, they are complemented by a diverse programme of events, guided tours, and workshops.
Vitra Design Museum
The work of the Vitra Design Museum is based on its collection, which includes not only key objects of design history, but also the estates of several important design personalities. The museum library and document archive are available to researchers upon request. The museum conceives its exhibitions for touring, and they are shown at venues around the world. On the Vitra Campus, they are complemented by a diverse programme of events, guided tours, and workshops.
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Please note that the Vitra Design Museum is open on 24 December from 10 am - 2 pm.
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![© Daniel Streat, Visual Fields Nike: Form Follows Motion](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/15059/240809_VDM_NIKE_Square.jpg?itok=RZBbCkZz)
6 pm Talk (EN), Fire Station 7 pm Vernissage, Vitra Design Museum 9 pm Opening Party, Fire Station On 20 September 2024, the Vitra Design Museum proudly presents »Nike: Form Follows Motion«, one of ...
SPECIAL EVENT (DE) 12 October 2024 | 12-5 pm, Vitra Campus Drop by and take part in the varied programme of workshops, various guided tours of the Vitra Campus and the first Open Warehouse Day in the ...
![© Julia Schoierer Julia Schoierer](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/15060/1226_JuliaSchoierer_%C2%A9Julia%20Schoierer.jpg?itok=d2PJcvxj)
TALK (DE) | 17 October 2024 6:30 pm, Vitra Schaudepot Guests: Mischa Krewer, Julia Schoierer, Sergio Muster. Nike has shaped and influenced pop culture, street style and fashion like no other sports ...
![© Populous_Maria.Knutsson-Hall Maria Knutsson-Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/15061/Populous_Maria.Knutsson-Hall.jpg?itok=454DFtUQ)
TALK (EN) | 7 November 2024 6.30 pm, Vitra Schaudepot Many of the world’s most famous sports arenas were designed by male architects for male athletes and remain empty six days a week. What does ...
SPECIAL (DE/EN) | Friday, 17 January 2025 6-2 pm. Vitra Campus A special programme awaits you. We look forward to your visit.
![© Vitra Design Museum, Foto: Bettina Matthiessen Fotografieworkshop](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/events/30Jahre%20Vitra%20Design%20Museum_0088.jpg?itok=c904kNz7)
Saturday | 16 November 2024 and 1 February 2025 10:30 am, Vitra Design Museum The Vitra Campus, a paradise for architecture enthusiasts, has been captured by numerous renowned photographers. In our ...
![© Vitra Design Museum, Foto: Bettina Matthiessen Papanek Stuhl Workshop](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/events/2018%20Papenek%20Stuhl%20Workshop%2012.jpg?itok=aqmPpKZJ)
Saturday | 2 November 2024 and 8 February 2025 10:30 am, Vitra Schaudepot In 1974, Italian designer Enzo Mari created his manual "Autoprogrettazione", a guide to a groundbreaking furniture collection ...
![© Vitra Design Museum, Foto: Bettina Matthiessen Workshop 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/events/2018_Vitra%20Summer%20School%2035_low.jpg?itok=xduA6n9f)
Saturday | 15 February 2025 10:30 am, Vitra Schaudepot Sneaker Pharm*, a small, innovative company from Manchester, England, offers pragmatic approaches to demonstrate how old trainers can be easily ...
![© B. YOGA BASEL YOGASESSION von B. YOGA BASEL](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/15063/Yoga2_%C2%A9%20B.%20YOGA%20BASEL.jpg?itok=BcciYEPf)
EVENT (DE) | 28 September, 26 October, 30 November 2024; 25 January, 22 February 2025 10 am, Vitra Design Museum Inspired by the exhibition »Nike: Form Follows Motion«, the Vitra Design Museum, in ...
![Materialdetektive, Vitra DROP-IN WORKSHOP & TOUR](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/15135/2017_Materialdetektive_31.jpg?itok=Z7RU0Ogp)
SPECIAL DAY | Sunday, 23 February 2025 Guided Tours: 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm, 2 pm (30 mins) Drop-In Workshop: 11 am-15 pm Vitra Schaudepot On your marks, get set, go! Which shoe will help you run the ...
![© Fernando Laposse Fernando Laposse](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/15065/Portrait2024byFernandoLaposse_Credit-FernandoLaposse.jpg?itok=4l7r-qy0)
TALK (EN) 20 March 2025|6:30 pm, Schaudepot Luis Barragán (1902–1988) is regarded as the most important Mexican architect of the twentieth century. Renowned for his minimalist yet sensitive approach ...
![Family-Day, Vitra Family-Day](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/15134/2022%20VDM%20Familientag%2019%20low.jpg?itok=vLrpYM3Q)
SPECIAL DAY | Sunday, 24 November 2024 and 23 March 2025 Family Tours: 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm , 2 pm (30 mins) Drop-in Workshop: 11 am–3 pm Vitra Schaudepot When people in the past imagined the future ...
![© Vitra Design Museum, Foto: Bettina Matthiessen Papanek Stuhl Workshop](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/events/2018%20Papenek%20Stuhl%20Workshop%2010%20low.jpg?itok=8CRfsHr7)
Saturday | 5 October 2024 and 29 March 2025 10:30 am, Vitra Schaudepot Affordable design for all – this idea, which is as old as design itself, has lost none of its relevance. Berlin-based architect ...
![© Vitra Design Museum Architekturführung](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/events/_uelvaro-Siza-Promenade_570798_preview_cropped.jpg?itok=7glroTqz)
Education plays an important part at the Vitra Design Museum. A specially trained team develops specific educational activities that are tailored to audience´s needs and enable visitors of different ...
![Key Visual »Nike: Form Follows Motion« © Key Visual »Nike: Form Follows Motion« © Vitra Design Museum, graphic design: Daniel Streat, Visual Fields](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/14082/02_VDM_Nike-Form-Follows-Motion.jpg?itok=ubV3tbnh)
With »Nike: Form Follows Motion« the Vitra Design Museum will present the first ever comprehensive museum exhibition about Nike, the world’s most revered sports brand. The exhibition will explore the ...
![© Reisinger Studio Complicated Sofa, The Shipping, 2021 Kunstwerk von Andrés Reisinger](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/12970/01_VDM_Science-Fiction-Design_Reisinger%20Studio_The-Shipping_Complicated-Sofa.jpg?itok=2bV_BUBZ)
Numerous science fiction films – from Star Trek to 2001: A Space Odyssey to Blade Runner – are populated by classic designs that have shaped our image of the future. In reverse, many designers of ...
![Elder's Rocking Chair Elder's Rocking Chair, Mount Lebanon, NY, USA, ca. 1850-70; Jack E. Boucher and Elmer R. Pearson, Vitra Design Museum](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/temporary-exhibition/MUS-1447.jpg?itok=nWJld7Kl)
»Nike: Form Follows Motion« is the first comprehensive museum exhibition about Nike, the world’s most revered sports brand. The exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum explores the company’s trajectory ...
![© Helmut Fricke Chanel, Ready-to-Wear, Autumn/ Winter 2017/18, Grand Palais, Paris](/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_list_double/public/museums/2508/15125/2024-09-09%2016_29_52-FRI_157813_0866.jpg%20%2814173%C3%979449%29.png?itok=AXgDMFz_)
The fashion show combines stage design, clothing, performance, light and sound to create a temporary Gesamtkunstwerk. With the exhibition »Catwalk«, the Vitra Design Museum is dedicated to the fashion ...