Private guided tours General Information › We offer private tours for groups in German, English and French. Tours in Italian, Spanish, Dutch,

Swedish, Chinese, Japanese and Russian are also available upon request. › Maximum group size is 30 persons, unless otherwise indicated. › On weekends and holidays an additional fee of € 60.00 is charged. For tours of the current

exhibition or in the Vitra Schaudepot after 6 pm we charge an additional fee of € 150.00. › Payment in cash or by credit card; invoices are issued for amounts upwards of € 300.00. › Reservations for private tours must be made at least three 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

1,2 Factory Buildings, Nicholas Grimshaw,

1981/1983 3 Balancing Tools, Claes Oldenburg &

Coosje van Bruggen, 1984 4 Vitra Design Museum, Frank Gehry,

1989 5 Vitra Design Museum Gate, Frank

Gehry, 1989 6 Factory Building, Frank Gehry, 1989 7 Conference Pavilion, Tadao Ando, 1993 8 Fire Station, Zaha Hadid, 1993 9 Factory Building, Álvaro Siza, 1994 10 Dome, after Richard Buckminster Fuller,

1975/2000 11 Petrol Station, Jean Prouvé, 1953/2003 12 Vitra Design Museum Gallery, Frank

Gehry, 2003

13 Bus Stop, Jasper Morrison, 2006 14 VitraHaus, Herzog & de Meuron, 2010 15 Airstream Kiosk, 1968/2011 16 Factory Building, SANAA, 2012 17 Diogene, Renzo Piano, 2013 18 Álvaro-Siza-Promenade, 2014 19 Vitra Slide Tower, Carsten Höller, 2014 20 Bell, from: 24 Stops, Tobias

Rehberger, 2015 21 Vitra Schaudepot, Herzog & de

Meuron, 2016 22 Blockhaus, Thomas Schütte 2018 23 Ruisseau, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec,

2018 24 Ring, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, 2018

Vitra Design Museum, Charles-Eames-Straße 2, D-79576 Weil am Rhein T +49.7621.702.3200, F +49.7621.702.3590, info@design-museum.de, www.design-museum.de

Vitra Design Museum

Group Visits The Vitra Design Museum mounts temporary exhibitions in its main building. Smaller parallel shows are presented in the Vitra Design Museum Gallery, a neighbouring exhibition space. Museum hours: daily 10 am – 6 pm Admission: € 9.00 per person for groups of 10 or more, free for children under 12

Guided tour of the current exhibition

Home Stories: 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors 08.02.2020 – 23.08.2020 Our homes are an expression of the way we live, they shape our everyday routines and fundamentally affect our well-being. From February 2020, the Vitra Design Museum will present a major exhibition tracing the evolution of the contemporary private interior. Beginning with present-day issues such as dwindling urban space and the blurring of work-life boundaries, the exhibition takes visitors back in time: to the 1970s fashion for loft living, the shift from formal to informal living in the 1960s, the rise of household appliances in the 1950s, and the introduction of open-space planning in the 1920s. Twenty iconic interiors by architects including Assemble, Lina Bo Bardi, and Josef Frank, artists like Andy Warhol, Roland Penrose, and Lee Miller, as well as interior designers such as Elsie de Wolfe and Cecil Beaton will illustrate this fascinating narrative. Duration: approx. 60 minutes Tour fee: € 170.00, reduced € 140.00 , plus admission: € 9.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00 Group size: max. 20 persons

Vitra Design Museum, Charles-Eames-Straße 2, D-79576 Weil am Rhein T +49.7621.702.3200, F +49.7621.702.3590, info@design-museum.de, www.design-museum.de

Vitra Schaudepot

Group visits The Vitra Schaudepot originated from the intention of making the growing collection of the Vitra Design Museum visible and accessible to visitors. In the building by Herzog & de Meuron approximately 400 key collection pieces are on display. The Schaudepot is complemented by a temporary exhibition space, where displays relating to various topics and focal points of the collection are shown. Through windows, the visitor can gain insights into further collection holdings. Opening hours: daily 10 am – 6 pm Admission: € 6.00 per person for groups of 10 or more, free for children under 12

Guided tours of the Vitra Schaudepot

Guided tour focused on the special presentation »After the Wall: Design since 1989« 26.10.2019 – 23.02.2020 The Vitra Design Museum opened on 3 November 1989 – only a few days before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Thirty years later, the Vitra Schaudepot presents »After the Wall: Design since 1989«. The exhibition charts design from the past three decades, examining how it has been shaped by the various cultural, political and technological shifts of the period. In this guided tour of the special presentation, a selection of iconic design objects will be compared to furniture by leading designers including Philippe Starck, Hella Jongerius and Konstantin Grcic. Offering an up-to-date survey of the most recent period in design history, the exhibition will also give visitors a glimpse of its future. Duration: approx. 60 minutes Tour fee: € 170.00, reduced € 140.00, plus admission: € 6.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00 Group size: max. 15 persons

Highlights from the collection The guided tour focusses on the highlights from the Vitra Design Museum collection, including rare and singular pieces from designers such as Gerrit Rietveld, Alvar Aalto, Charles & Ray Eames or Ettore Sottsass, but also less well-known or anonymous designs, rarities, prototypes and test models. The tour offers the visitor a unique possibility to experience the history of modern furniture design from its beginnings in the 19th century up to the present day in all its facets – from stylistic and technical innovations to the societal changes reflected in the objects.

Vitra Design Museum, Charles-Eames-Straße 2, D-79576 Weil am Rhein T +49.7621.702.3200, F +49.7621.702.3590, info@design-museum.de, www.design-museum.de

Duration: approx. 60 minutes Tour fee: € 170.00, reduced € 140.00, plus admission: € 6.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00 Maximum group size: 15 persons

Focus: Eames – Materials and Design Process Today many furnishings created by Charles and Ray Eames are revered as design icons, such as the Eames Plastic Chairs, the Aluminium Chair or the legendary Lounge Chair. The focus tour gives insight into the material innovations and design processes of the Eames, illustrated via select examples from the collection and Charles Eames’ studio. Duration: approx. 60 minutes Tour fee: € 170.00, reduced € 140.00, plus admission: € 6.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00 Maximum group size: 15 persons

Focus: Bauhaus To this day, the Bauhaus remains one of the most influential educational establishments of the 20th century in the fields of architecture, art and design. This thematic guided tour of the Vitra Schaudepot presents Bauhaus-era objects from the collection by such designers as Marcel Breuer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier and highlights the tremendous influence of the fundamental concepts and principles from that time. Duration: approx. 60 minutes Tour fee: € 170.00, reduced € 140.00, plus admission: € 6.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00 Group size: max. 15 persons

Focus: Scandinavian Design Soft colours, natural materials, reduced forms: this guided tour of the Vitra Schaudepot presents and discusses Scandinavian design classics. Special attention will be paid to the forefathers of Scandinavian design such as Alvar Aalto or Arne Jacobsen. Duration: approx. 60 minutes Tour fee: € 170.00, reduced € 140.00, plus admission: € 6.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00 Group size: max. 15 persons

Vitra Design Museum, Charles-Eames-Straße 2, D-79576 Weil am Rhein T +49.7621.702.3200, F +49.7621.702.3590, info@design-museum.de, www.design-museum.de

Vitra Campus

Vitra Campus Architecture Tour (2h) This comprehensive tour of the Vitra Campus provides an overview of the history of the Vitra company and the evolution of the company premises in Weil, placing special emphasis on the Fire Station designed by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando and the Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron. 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 Meuron is visible from different perspectives during the tour and can be visited on an individual basis. Duration: approx. 120 minutes Tour fee: € 250.00, reduced € 200.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00

Short Architecture Tour (1h) The tour provides an overview of the company’s history and the development of the Vitra Campus in Weil with over a dozen buildings by world-renowned architects. The guided tour includes besides the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid also other parts of the Vitra Campus, such as the factory buildings designed by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw and Álvaro Siza as well as the dome after Richard Buckminster Fuller and Jean Prouvé's petrol station. Duration: approx. 60 minutes Tour fee: € 170.00, reduced € 140.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00

Black Box: A Cabinet of Robotic Curiosities The Vitra Campus has a exhibition space: in one of the houses at the southern entrance, a Black Box has been installed which holds the collection of international toy robots belonging to Vitra Chairman Emeritus Rolf Fehlbaum. The presentation encompasses robots and figures of astronauts from the years 1937 to 1968. Many of them bear witness to the technological optimism of an age, when robotics and space travel were still largely fiction. Duration: approx. 60 minutes Tour fee: € 200.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00 Group size: max. 10 persons

Vitra Design Museum, Charles-Eames-Straße 2, D-79576 Weil am Rhein T +49.7621.702.3200, F +49.7621.702.3590, info@design-museum.de, www.design-museum.de

Production Take a look behind the scenes of the production on the Vitra Campus. Experience different steps of the manufacturing process of the Aluminium Chair on a guided tour through the production hall by Frank Gehry. The chair developed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1958 is considered one of the greatest furniture designs of the 20th century. Vitra has been producing this timeless classic over a period of decades in the same superior quality. Find out more about its history as well as the significance of innovation, quality and sustainability at Vitra. The tour is followed by an introduction to Vitra’s test centre. Only available: Mo – Fr 10 am – 3 pm; children over 14 years Duration: approx. 60 minutes Tour fee: € 170.00, reduced € 140.00 Maximum group size: 10 persons

Citizen Office The Citizen Office tour provides insights into the exemplary design of an open space office of the Vitra company. Duration: approx. 45 minutes Tour fee: € 170.00, reduced € 140.00 Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00 Maximum group size: 10 persons

Walk «24 Stops» Rehberger-Weg Covering a linear distance of six kilometres, the Rehberger-Weg links two countries, two municipalities, two cultural institutions – and countless stories. The path runs between Weil am Rhein and Riehen, between the Fondation Beyeler and the Vitra Campus. Guided by «24 Stops», 24 waymarkers created by the artist Tobias Rehberger, walkers can explore a uniquely diverse natural and cultural landscape. Get to know the Rehberger-Weg with an introduction about the artist, a presentation of individual objects and information about the partners and the surrounding landscape. The tour starts at the Vitra Campus and ends at the Fondation Beyeler. Duration: approx. 120 minutes Tour Fee: € 300.00, no Weekend and holiday surcharge

Vitra Design Museum, Charles-Eames-Straße 2, D-79576 Weil am Rhein T +49.7621.702.3200, F +49.7621.702.3590, info@design-museum.de, www.design-museum.de

It is possible to combine some of the guided tours listed here. Please note that only guides affiliated with the Vitra Design Museum are authorized to conduct tours in the Vitra Design Museum, in the Vitra Schaudepot and on the Vitra Campus. Please also 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: (Bild 1) © Vitra Design Museum, Foto: Bettina Matthiessen; (Bild 2) Sangath Architect’s Studio, Ahmedabad, 1980, © Iwan Baan 2018; (Bild 3) © Vitra, Foto: Julien Lanoo; (Bild 4) ©Vitra Design Museum, Foto: Florian Böhm; (Bild 5) © Eames Office LLC, Foto: Charles Eames; (Bild 6) © Vitra Design Museum, Foto: Bettina Matthiessen; (Bild 7) © Vitra, Foto: Marc Eggimann; (Bild 8) © Vitra, Foto: Erich Meyer; (Bild 9-11) © Vitra, Foto: Julien Lanoo; (Bild 12) © 2007 Eames Office LLC; (Bild 13) © Vitra, Foto: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti; (Bild 14) © Vitra Design Museum, Foto: Mark Niedermann. Änderungen vorbehalten.