Private guided tours of the current exhibition and on the Vitra Campus General Information

› We offer private tours for groups in German, English and French. On request in Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Russian and Chinese too. › Maximum group size is 30 persons, unless otherwise indicated. › On weekends and holidays an additional fee of € 60.00 or € 40.00 per tour (depending on type) will be charged. For tours of the current exhibition after 6 pm we charge an additional fee of € 150.00. › Payment in cash or by credit card, invoices are issued for amounts from € 250.00 on. › Reservations for private tours must be made at least 3 weeks in advance. Contact/Reservations

Vitra Design Museum, Visitor Services T +49.7621.702.3200, F +49.7621.702.3590 info@design-museum.de, www.design-museum.de Vitra Campus Site Plan

1. VitraHaus, Herzog & de Meuron, 2010 2. Factory Building, SANAA, 2012 3. Bus Stop, Jasper Morrison, 2006 4. Factory Building, Álvaro Siza, 1994 5. Fire Station, Zaha Hadid, 1993 6. Conference Pavilion, Tadao Ando, 1993 7. Vitra Design Museum, Frank Gehry, 1989 8. Vitra Design Museum Gallery, Frank Gehry 2003 9. Factory Building, Frank Gehry, 1989 10. Gate, Frank Gehry, 1989 11./12. Factory Buildings, Nicholas Grimshaw, 1981/1986 13. Balancing Tools, Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen, 1984 14. Dome, Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1975/2000 15. Petrol Station, Jean Prouvé, c. 1953/2003

Vitra Design Museum

Group Visits In the main building of Vitra Design Museum, annually two major temporary exhibitions are mounted. Smaller parallel shows are presented in the Vitra Design Museum Gallery, a neighbouring exhibition space. Due to conservation reasons, the collection is not accessible for public viewing. Museum hours: daily 10 am – 6 pm Admission: € 7.00 per person for groups of 10 or more persons, free for children under 12 years

Guided tours of the current exhibition

LIGHTOPIA 28.09.2013 – 16.03.2014

As an essential element of our environment, light has always fascinated designers. In the recent past, new technologies have brought about a radical expansion of possibilities for lighting design. »Lightopia« is the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to this development and its cultural and historical context. On display are key artefacts from the lighting collection of the Vitra Design Museum – which is being presented for the first time – as well as legendary installations that illustrate the performative power of light. However, the primary focus of the exhibition is on works by contemporary designers and artists, who demonstrate new possi-bilities for designing with light. This creates an impressive pano-rama of lighting design – from the beginnings of industrial society to visionary concepts that will have a profound impact on our fu-ture.

Konstantin Grcic – Panorama 29.03. – 14.09.2014 Konstantin Grcic is one of the leading designers of the present day. Some of Grcic’s designs – such as »Chair_One« (2004) or the »Mayday« lamp (1999) – have already attained the status of design classics. With »Konstantin Grcic – Future Perfect«, the Vitra Design Museum shows his largest solo exhibition to date. It pro-vides a comprehensive overview of Grcic’s oeuvre and is at the same time a new design project in its own right. Especially for this show, Grcic is developing spatial installations that set in scene his personal visions for life in the world of tomorrow – both pensively radical and powerfully profound. Duration: approx. one hour Tour fee: € 160.00, reduced € 130.00, plus admission Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00 Maximum group size: 20 persons

Vitra Campus

Vitra Campus Architectural Tour

This comprehensive tour of the Vitra Campus provides an overview of the history of the Vitra company and the evolution of the com-pany premises in Weil, placing special emphasis on the Fire Station designed by Zaha Hadid and the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando. On the way, participants learn about the factory buildings designed by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza and SANAA, as well as the dome after Richard Buckminster Fuller and Jean Prouvé's petrol station. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meu-ron can be viewed from the exterior during the tour and visited on an individual basis afterwards. Duration: approx. two hours Tour fee: € 250.00, reduced € 200.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00

Fire Station / Zaha Hadid

The guided tour of the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid includes not only a detailed viewing of both the exterior and interior of the building, but also parts of the Vitra Campus, such as the factory buildings designed by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw and Ál-varo Siza as well as the dome after Richard Buckminster Fuller and Jean Prouvé's petrol station from the outside. An introduction to the history of the Vitra company and the development of the campus is also included in this tour. Duration: approx. 75 minutes Tour fee: € 160.00, reduced € 130.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00

Conference Pavilion / Tadao Ando

The highlight tour of the Conference Pavilion designed by Japa-nese architect Tadao Ando offers visitors an in-depth view of both the interior and exterior of this structure, which was the first Ando building to be erected outside of Japan. The tour follows the medi-tation path past Frank Gehry's Vitra Design Museum and the sculpture “Balancing Tools” by Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen. Duration: approx. 30 minutes Tour fee: € 70.00, reduced € 60.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 40.00

VitraHaus / Herzog & de Meuron, Architecture

The VitraHaus, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, houses the products of the Vitra Home Collection, the Vitra Design Museum Shop, the Lounge Chair Atelier and the VitraHaus Café. It is not possible to take a guided tour of the interior rooms of the VitraHaus. The VitraHaus architectural tour provides information about the building itself, the story of its design and special techni-cal features. Duration: approx. 30 minutes Tour fee: € 70.00 , reduced € 60.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 40.00

SANAA

The production hall designed by the Japanese architecture office SANAA has a loosely rounded, not quite circular form, established through two semicircular concrete shells connected to each other. Panels encase the building like a curtain concealing the interior however allowing an interesting view from the outside. The archi-tectural guided tour focused on the production hall of SANAA concentrates on the architectural concept and the development history. A short insight will be given into the building. Duration: approx. 30 minutes Tour fee: € 70.00 , reduced € 60.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 40.00

Citizen Office

The Citizen Office tour provides insights into the exemplary design of an open space office of the Vitra company. Duration: approx. 30 minutes Tour fee: € 70.00 reduced € 60.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 40.00 Maximum group size: 10 persons

It is also possible to combine some of the guided tours listed here. (e.g. The Vitra

Campus Architectural Tour can be combined with tours of the museum exhibition,

the Vitra Showroom and Citizen Office.

Please note that only guides of the Vitra Design Museum are allowed to conduct

guided tours through the exhibition and on the Vitra Campus. Please be aware that

the buildings presented during the guided tours are in use. For this reason, there

may be occasional restrictions with regard to viewing access. Credits: p. 1: (image 1) © Vitra Design Museum, Foto Bettina Matthiessen; (image 2) © Targetti Poulsen Denmark; Vico Magistretti Foundation, Oluce, Foto: Daniel Spehr; (image 3) © Åke E:son Lindman; p. 2 (image 1) © Vitra (image 2) © Vitra; Foto: Julien Lanoo; (image 3) ©Vitra; Foto: Thomas Dix p. 3: (image 1 – 2) © Vitra, Foto: Julien Lanoo; (image 3) © Vitra; Foto: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti; Subject to change 9/2013, Prices 2013