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In autumn 2024 the Vitra Design Museum will present the first ever museum exhibition about Nike, the world's most revered sport brand. The exhibition and this accompanying catalogue mark the milestones in Nike's fifty year history and explores its ascent into a global brand that holds a central role in popular culture. The focus of the exhibition is on Nike's design practice - from the company's beginnings in the 1960s and the design of its famous "swoosh" logo to iconic products such as Air Max and current research devoted to future materials and sustainability.The main source for the exhibition is the Department of Nike Archives, which contains a unique collection of drawings, prototypes and other documentation. The exhibition marks the most comprehensive access ever given to this archive. Among the objects on show are rarities and one-offs from the company's early days in the 1960s, original design drawings and prototypes of iconic sneaker models, historical documents and films, as well as the results of collaborations with creative figures such as Virgil Abloh and Marc Newson.Nike: Form Follows Motion traces Nike's design process, which begins with the scientific analysis of the human body in motion and material research and culminates in the finished product and its branding. Along with Nike designers like Bill Bowerman, Diane Katz, Tinker Hatfield and Wilson Smith, athletes - from the world's greatest to the everyday - have played an important role in this design process by bringing their own experiences and requirements into product development. At the same time, Nike: Form Follows Motion illuminates the numerous narratives behind iconic objects and innovations.

»Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture« offers the first comprehensive overview of works created by one of the leading photographers of our time. More than 680 images from two decades document the growth of global megacities and portray buildings by prominent contemporary architects including Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas, and Zaha Hadid, as well as traditional and informal architecture all around the world. The photographer was personally involved in the conception of this richly illustrated and beautifully made publication. It includes texts by Iwan Baan, Lisa Dabscheck, Beatrice Galilee, Marvin Heiferman, Mea Hoffmann, and Hans Ibelings.

Das Umbrella House ist das kleinste gebaute Wohnhaus des japanischen Architekten und Mathematikers Kazuo Shinohara (1925-2006). Das vorliegende Buch widmet sich der Geschichte dieses Meisterwerks. Ursprünglich 1961 in Tokio erbaut, konnte es mehr als 60 Jahre später durch eine glückliche Fügung vor dem Abriss bewahrt werden und fand in Deutschland auf dem Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein eine neue Heimat. Das in Holzbauweise errichtete Haus lehnt sich an traditionelle japanische Tempel- und Wohnarchitektur an. Der Abbau in Tokio und Wiederaufbau in Weil am Rhein wurde von Fachleuten aus Japan und Europa begleitet.Impressionen aus der Entstehungszeit im Japan der 1960er-Jahre, Entwürfe und Pläne, dokumentarische Bilder des Ab- und Wiederaufbaus und Fotografien des Hauses am neuen Standort zeichnen seine weite Reise nach. Fachkundige Texte von Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA), Shin-ichi Okuyama und David B. Stewart ergänzen das Bild und ordnen das Umbrella House in den japanischen Architekturdiskurs zwischen 1960 und heute ein.

Gardens have always been places of leisure, pleasure, and production - they reflect identities, dreams, and visions. Deeply rooted in their culture, gardens have immense symbolic potential. The recent revival of horticulture has focused less on the garden as a romantic refuge than as a place where we imagine the future and develop solutions. Urban farms, vertical gardens, and other innovative projects in art, architecture, and urban planning demonstrate that the present return to the garden is no timid retreat, but a pioneering quest for a world in which social and ecological justice count for something. Garden Futures examines what gardens and their design reveal about our relationship to nature. In exploring the history of ideas behind the genesis of the modern garden, the book takes a close look at the present, goes in search of origins in the past, and builds bridges into the future. Stunning photographs illustrate ground-breaking gardens by such designers as Derek Jarman and Piet Oudolf while critical articles by well-known authors question conventional garden ideals. Authors and gardeners including Gilles Clement and Jamaica Kincaid present the garden as a place of learning where abstract concepts like ecology, climate change, and food insecurity are translated into things you can smell, touch, and taste. Daisy Ginsberg, Salmon Creek Farm, and EcoLogic Studio create experimental and speculative projects generating new attitudes and approaches.

»Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine« investigates how robotics has become an integral part of our everyday lives. As these intelligent machines emerge from their hidey-holes in washing machines, cars, and ATMs, we are getting used to encountering them almost everywhere: in industry, in the military, and in everyday settings; at nurseries and retirement homes; in our bodies and in the cloud; when shopping and when having sex; in video games and, of course, in films and in literature. The book also shows that design in its traditional function as a mediator is indispensable for robots to participate in our day-to-day activities. In a series of in-depth essays and interviews, experts including science-fiction author Bruce Sterling and the design duo Dunne & Raby explore what an increasingly digital environment means for us humans. They highlight our often ambivalent relationship to new technologies and discuss the opportunities and challenges they pose for us as individuals and as a society. »Hello, Robot.« broadens the scope of debate to include the ethical and political questions arising from technological advances in robotics today and confronts us with the contradictions that often underpin the answers to these questions.This second, updated edition of the book (first published in 2017) includes a number of new projects as well as an introductory text presenting important recent developments in robotics and digitalization.

The fertile dual evolution of design under socialism and capitalism in postwar Germany

This limited-edition collection of space exploration toys-from shuttles to space dogs-taps into the nostalgia and imagination of 20th-century science fiction

An updated edition of the classic guide to the Vitra Design Museum's pioneering architecture

Der Surrealismus zählte zu den einflussreichsten Kunstbewegungen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Dieses Buch untersucht den Dialog zwischen Surrealismus und Design und zeigt zum ersten Mal, wie stark der Surrealismus das Design der letzten 100 Jahre beeinflusst hat. Er hat Designer ermutigt, nach der Realität hinter dem Sichtbaren zu fragen und Dinge zu gestalten, die Widerstand leisten, mit Gewohnheiten brechen und aus dem Alltag ausscheren. Die Bandbreite der Beispiele reicht von Duchamps Readymades und Dalís sinnlichen Objektskulpturen über die Arbeiten von Designern wie Carlo Mollino oder Gae Aulenti bis hin zu aktuellen Entwürfen, die neue Technologien oder Geschlechterrollen auf subversive Weise hinterfragen. Dabei wird deutlich, dass der Surrealismus bis heute nichts von seiner Aktualität verloren hat - in der Kunst wie im Design.Mit Werken u. a. von Gae Aulenti, André Breton, Achille Castiglioni, Le Corbusier, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Dunne & Raby, Ray Eames, Max Ernst, Front Design, Iris van Herpen, Friedrich Kiesler, Shiro Kuramata, René Magritte, Lee Miller, Carlo Mollino, Isamu Noguchi, Odd Matter, Meret Oppenheim, Mimi Parent, Gaetano Pesce, Man Ray, Robert Stadler, Studio Wieki Somers.

Showcases the architecture and background of the Schaudepot, as well as one of the most important design collections in the world.

The first catalogue raisonne on one of the leading designers of our time, with many of his creations, such as "Chair_One" (2004) or the "Mayday lamp" (1999) already recognized as design classics. A fascinating read for those interested in the present and future of design.

Icons and examples of lighting design featuring works by Olafur Eliasson, Gino Sarfatti, Ingo Maurer, mischer'traxler, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Richard Sapper, Achille Castiglioni, Ulrike Brandi, Pieke Bergmans and many others

A collection of observations and quotes and photographs from two pioneers of modern design, Charles and Ray Eames.

Together! Explores a phenomenon that is being encountered with increasing frequency in recent years: people coming together to create affordable housing beyond the realm of speculation and predatory capitalism - be it in the form of building groups, cooperatives or other models of the collective building.

Science fiction becomes reality: Hello, Robot. delves into how robotics have been finding their way into our lives for a number of years.