Vitra

Vitra was founded in Switzerland in 1950 by Willy Fehlbaum as a company specializing in the manufacture of store fixtures. Shortly after the company was founded, a turning point came for Vitra. During a trip to the United States, Fehlbaum saw a beautiful plywood chair by Eames displayed in a shop window, and decided to become a furniture manufacturer. In 1957, Vitra acquired the rights to manufacture and sell plywood chairs and furniture in Europe from the Eameses. Vitra began full-scale furniture production. Vitra collaborated with world-famous designers such as George Nelson, Mario Bellini, Jean Prouvé, and Jasper Morrison to produce many masterpieces of furniture. In 1967, after four years of original development with Verner Panton, they began production of the Panton Chair, the world's first one-piece molded chair. It is now considered a masterpiece in the design world and is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. In 1977, Willy's two sons, Rolf and Raymond, took over the company. Four years later, the Vitra factory was destroyed in a devastating fire. Soon after the devastating fire, CEO Rolf commissioned British architect Nicholas Grimshaw to design the new factory, which was rebuilt in just six months. A second production hall, using the same prefabricated metal structure used to shorten the construction time, was completed in 1983. This led to the creation of the Vitra Campus, which is now known as the "world's architecture museum." It has since become a vast architecture museum with offices, factories, museums, and pavilions designed by world-famous architects such as Frank Gehry, Buckminster Fuller, Tadao Ando, ​​and Jean Prouvé. Currently, in addition to manufacturing furniture, the Vitra Campus also supports shop spaces and office environments, proposes interiors for public institutions, and conducts research on famous furniture and buildings by international architects. Thanks to the inquisitive founder and his sons, Vitra continues to lead the world of interior design.

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