Eames Stuhl Vitra
Vitra at ny now august 11 14 2019 new york ny drop by our booth at ny now this august where we will be introducing new designs by raw edges and other pieces from vitras fallwinter accessories collection.
Eames stuhl vitra. More than 70 years later vitra has joined the eames office to revive the design of this compact radio which was a favourite of charles and ray. The vitra colour material library contains a multitude of carefully selected and strategically coordinated materials and colours. The vitra home collection encompasses classic and contemporary furniture lighting and accessories for private interiors. Furniture by charles and ray eames has been a cornerstone of the vitra design museum collection since its inception.
There is also a wide choice of bases and shell colours along with upholstery options for some models. Today vitra manufactures the comfortable seat shells of the eames plastic chairs in polypropylene while those of the eames fiberglass chairs are produced in glass fibre reinforced polyester resin. When you own an eames product made by vitra you know it is an original. Subsequently vitra obtained the rights to designs by charles and ray eames george nelson and alexander girard for europe and the middle east.
In 1981 a major fire strongly affected the development of the company. The working relationship between willi his wife erika fehlbaum and the eames was so pleasant that the eames became good friends of the family and also shaped the vision of vitra sustainably with their attitude. Their work spans the fields of furniture design filmmaking photography and exhibition design. The dot pattern featured on the eames wool blanket was created in 1947 in conjunction with an exhibition at new yorks museum of modern art.
The large scale composition of crossed lines and dots is reminiscent of the abstract paintings by ray eames from the 1930s. Vitra is the sole authorised manufacturer of eames products for europe and the middle east. The reconstruction of the production facilities in weil am rhein led to the vitra campus. Vitra is the sole authorised manufacturer of eames products for europe and the middle east.
Even today vitra keeps strongly to the role model charles eames.