{"product_id":"vitra-the-anatomy-of-a-design-company","title":"Vitra: The Anatomy of a Design Company","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVitra: The Anatomy of a Design Company\u003c\/strong\u003e traces three generations of the Fehlbaum family and the company they built—from a Swiss shopfitting manufacturer into the most consequential patron of furniture design of the past 70 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Deyan Sudjic in close collaboration with Rolf Fehlbaum, who led Vitra for more than 30 years, this is a company history that doubles as an argument about what a design company can be for. Vitra's influence was never confined to what it manufactured. It runs through the campus at Weil am Rhein, with buildings by Tadao Ando, Herzog \u0026amp; de Meuron, Frank Gehry and Álvaro Siza; through the Vitra Design Museum and the archives of Jean Prouvé, Alexander Girard and Luis Barragán that the company safeguards; and through the careers of designers it backed early, among them Jasper Morrison and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Sudjic is unusually well placed to read that record, and he does so without flattering it. Karen Stein contributes inserts on individual episodes, and Iwan Baan a photographic essay on the campus as it stands now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by Deyan Sudjic in close collaboration with Rolf Fehlbaum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore than 400 illustrations across a substantial large-format volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInserts written by Karen Stein and a photographic essay by Iwan Baan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollaborations from Charles and Ray Eames to Zaha Hadid, Ron Arad and Virgil Abloh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocuments the architecture of the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow a family manufacturing business built a design programme with the reach of a cultural institution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe working method behind Vitra's long collaborations—what the company asks of designers, and what it offers them in return\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Vitra invested in architecture, a museum and an archive at all, and what those investments returned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the reputations of Prouvé, Panton and Girard were shaped by the company that reissued their work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe role of design in a business, told from inside the decisions rather than after the fact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeyan Sudjic is Director Emeritus of the Design Museum in London and Distinguished Professor of Design and Architectural Studies at Lancaster University. He edited Domus in Milan, directed the Venice Architecture Biennale, and writes for the Financial Times. Karen Stein is an architectural adviser and critic, and a former editorial director of Phaidon Press. Iwan Baan is an architectural photographer and the inaugural recipient of the Julius Shulman award for photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28 x 23 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 410\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781837290000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Phaidon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17 December 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e Designers, architects and collectors interested in furniture design, design history, and the relationship between manufacturing, patronage and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phaidon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49022660477153,"sku":"9781837290000","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/9781837290000.jpg?v=1788328775","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/vitra-the-anatomy-of-a-design-company","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}