Join the digital Vitra Session ‘Eames’ on 19 October
Seventy years ago, Willi Fehlbaum – the founder of Vitra – travelled to New York, where he came across an Eames chair. This marked the beginning of the story of Charles and Ray Eames and Vitra.
What happened next?
Find out in the upcoming Vitra Session entitled ‘Eames’: the digital event on 19 October 2023 focuses on this special partnership spanning three generations and will feature several participants from both families.
From 19 October 2023
10 am CET
30 minutes
Free participation - no registration required
To watch the digital session, simply add the date to your calendar and use the link in the entry on the day of the session.
The 30-minute session explores aspects of the Eameses’ multifaceted oeuvre, featuring conversations with two of their grandchildren, an exclusive glimpse inside the Eames House in Los Angeles, as well as a personal tour of the Eames Collection at the Vitra Design Museum – and also provides insights into Vitra’s efforts to ensure that the company’s classics portfolio remains continually relevant.
Are you interested in participating in an event near you?
We invite you to discover the Vitra Eames products and additional insights about Charles & Ray Eames at participating retailers and showrooms. Enter your details below to confirm your interest. We will contact you if there is a suitable event near you. Please understand that we have limited capacity at our local events, so we cannot guarantee a place.
The book ‘Eames & Vitra’ describes the special partnership between Vitra and the Eameses and presents designs produced by Vitra from the 1950s to the present day, shedding light on topics such as authenticity and archival holdings.
Charles and Ray Eames are counted among the most important figures of twentieth-century design. Their work spans the fields of furniture design, filmmaking, photography and exhibition design. Vitra is the sole authorised manufacturer of Eames products for Europe and the Middle East. When you own an Eames product made by Vitra, you know it is an original.
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