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Eames
& Vitra
While on a trip to New York in 1953, Swiss entrepreneur
Willi Fehlbaum – the founder of Vitra – came across a chair
by the American husband-and-wife team Charles and Ray
Eames. Fascinated by this innovative design, he soon established
contact with Charles and Ray Eames and was later authorised
to manufacture Eames products in Europe. He first visited
the designer couple in Los Angeles in 1957 and one year later,
Charles and Ray travelled to Vitra in Basel. Regular meetings
followed over the years between the Eameses and Willi and
Erika Fehlbaum – assisted by their eldest son Rolf, who
translated for his parents.
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Highlights from the Eames
Collection by Vitra in front
of Fire Station on the Vitra
Campus, 2023.
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