Vitra acquires Kazuo Shinohara’s iconic Umbrella House
The Swiss manufacturer has relocated one of Japanese architect Kazuo Shinohara’s last remaining homes from Tokyo to its campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany Photography
Plastic: Remaking Our World examines the history and future of a controversial material
The exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum brings together objects of the pop era as well as contemporary designs and smart concepts for waste reduction
The Dutch designer’s project creates a space of nature to complement the architectural interventions across the Weil am Rhein campus Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf
New version of Barber and Osgerby’s Tip Ton chair made from upcycled household waste
The Tip Ton RE has been developed by Vitra using recycled plastic material Words by Francesca Perry The gently rocking, simultaneously playful and utilitarian Tip
Jasper Morrison discusses his new cork fireplace and furniture collection
Corks by Jasper Morrison at Kasmin gallery. Photos: Diego Flores/Kasmin Jasper Morrison’s cork stools are minimal, modern classics. His first exhibition in North America takes
Is it time to reinvent bathrooms as social hubs of the home?
Bathroom giants VitrA and designer Terri Pecora are on a mission to reinvent the bathroom as shared, sociable environments families enjoy spending time in
January’s edition of the Parisian exhibition showed French designers in fine form, says Peter Smisek Visitor numbers at this year’s Maison & Objet have yet
A trend for archive pieces has emerged at Clerkenwell Design Week, as industry stalwarts such as Vitra, Cassina and SCP unearth and update former successes and
Hella Jongerius: “There’s too much shopping without any social or environmental consciousness”
The self-proclaimed “design pastor” denounced production “without any social or environmental consciousness” and called on designers to be more responsible at Design Indaba in Cape Town
Opening later on 5 February, the London institution’s wondrous new library by architecture and design practice AOC combines the spirit of open access with the
