Vitra To Launch Home Furnishings Line
Article from Metropolis by Julie Taraska on Vitra's forthcoming line of home furnishings.
"In a return to its roots, German furniture company Vitra is readying a new line of domestic furnishings, Vitra at Home. Available in Europe in October and the U.S. in January 2005, the debut collection includes new designs by Jasper Morrison and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, as well as revived classics by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Verner Panton, and Isamu Noguchi, among others.Link: MetropolisThe line is driven by an aesthetic Vitra chairman Rolf Fehlbaum calls “collage design”: a mixing of different styles, authors, and time periods. By being showcased in this manner, the collection's new and old pieces take on fresh and unexpected meanings."
"The clothespin-like Twig--available in black, red, or white--can be used to create room dividers or curtains in various colors or patterns. Two hundred elements are required to create a scrim of one square meter."
"The Cork Family of tables can double as stools. Light and velvety to the touch, each is shaped from a massive piece of pressed cork granulate."
"Vitra will continue its Jean Prouvé reissues with this Bahut storage unit (1950)."