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Eames Lounge chair in Nubia fabric

Did you know that all the parts of the fabric are exchangeable - so that the Lounge chair becomes even more sustainable throughout time?
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Eames Special Collection

Limited editions of emblematic pieces.
We still have a few left of some !
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VITRA – Design Furniture, Lighting & Decoration

Vitra 

In 1953, the entrepreneur Willi Fehlbaum discovers the furniture of Charles & Ray Eames in a New York store. Immediately seduced by the designs, his enduring enthusiasm leads to the decision to become a furniture manufacturer. Back in Switzerland, Fehlbaum gets in contact with the Herman Miller furniture company in Michigan, the manufacturer of the Eames furniture.

VITRA – Design Furniture, Lighting & Decoration

In 1957, after 4 years of negotiations, Vitra begins with the licensed production of the Herman Miller Collection including designs by Charles & Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alexander Girard and Isamu Noguchi. In the following years, the Fehlbaum family (Willi, his wife Erika and their eldest son Rolf) comes into contact with Nelson, Girard and the Eames' on numerous occasions. For Rolf Fehlbaum, currently Vitra’s Chairman, these encounters number among his most formative experiences.

VITRA – Design Furniture, Lighting & Decoration

 In the early 1960s, Willi Fehlbaum makes the acquaintance of the Danish designer Verner Panton, who is seeking a manufacturer for his design of a plastic chair. Vitra’s expertise in the processing of plastics gives Fehlbaum the confidence to develop the chair for mass production together with Panton. After several years of collaborative effort, Panton’s sculpture-like chair comes onto market in 1967 – the first cantilever-based plastic chair moulded in one piece and the first product developed directly by Vitra.

VITRA – Design Furniture, Lighting & Decoration

 In 1984, the partnership with Herman Miller is terminated by mutual consent. Vitra acquires all rights for the production of furniture designs by Charles & Ray Eames and George Nelson, as well as Alexander Girard’s textiles for Europe and the Middle East. Now able to sell these products under its own label, Vitra operates as an independent brand. 

VITRA – Design Furniture, Lighting & Decoration

Vitra X Scandinavia Design

If Scandinavia Design, specialized in Scandinavian design, is associated with Vitra, a Swiss company, it is first and foremost because in 2013, Vitra bought Artek, founded in 1935 by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino, gallery owner Maire Gullichsen and art historian Nils-Gustav Hahl. But it is also, of course, because Vitra produce furniture by Verner Panton and Eero Saarinen, and because Charles and Ray Eames, the souls of Vitra, were greatly inspired by Scandinavian design.  Aesthetically, the consistency is total – so natural that the Finnish company Marimekko constantly uses Vitra furniture to stage its products.

VITRA – Design Furniture, Lighting & Decoration
VITRA – Design Furniture, Lighting & Decoration

Scandinavia Design has two showrooms where Vitra furniture is displayed. 

The main showroom, located at Le Prieuré between Angers and Saumur, houses the main exhibition, backed up by the warehouse and logistics center. The showroom is easy to get to, with no parking problems - and the Loire River flowing nearby, offers visitors the added bonus of beautiful scenery amidst the region's many vineyards.  


The showroom includes Vitra furniture, accessories and lighting - come and explore the collection, choose fabric colors, leathers, touch the different materials, woods, ... The team is very familiar with the vast Vitra catalog and will be happy to help you.

VITRA – Design Furniture, Lighting & Decoration

A second showroom, located in downtown Angers, a stone's throw from the TGV station, is designed to welcome business customers by appointment.

VITRA – Design Furniture, Lighting & Decoration
VITRA – Design Furniture, Lighting & Decoration

THE VITRA OFFER
From design classics to the very latest

Scandinavia Design invites you to explore Vitra

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TO EXPLORE - GREAT DESIGN CLASSICS...

Fauteuil Eames Lounge design Charles & Ray Eames, 1956 Vitra

Eames Lounge Chair

Charles & Ray Eames, 1956
Vitra

> DSX & DAX Chairs
tube legs

Eames Chairs
plastic or fiberglass
shell

Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
Vitra

with or without armrest

> DSR & DAR Chairs
« Eiffel » base

Eames Plastic DSR & DAR – piètement NOIR design Charles & Ray Eames, 1950 Vitra
Eames Plastic DSR & DAR – piètement NOIR design Charles & Ray Eames, 1950 Vitra
Eames Plastic DSR & DAR – piètement NOIR design Charles & Ray Eames, 1950 Vitra
Eames Plastic DSR & DAR – piètement NOIR design Charles & Ray Eames, 1950 Vitra

LCW Eames - Lounge Chair Wood

Charles & Ray Eames, 1945/46
Vitra

LCM Eames - Lounge Chair Metal

Charles & Ray Eames,
1945/46
Vitra

Noguchi table

Isamu Noguchi, 1944
Vitra

Nelson clocks…

design George Nelson, 1948/60
Vitra

Ray & Charles Eames - 1958
Vitra

Aluminium group - a story! 

LTR - side table

Ray & Charles Eames
Vitra

Butterfly stool

Sori Yanagi
Vitra

Home Desk

George Nelson - 1958
Vitra

Eames Elephant - small & original sizes

Ray & Charles Eames
Vitra

Hang it All

Charles & Ray Eames,
1953
Vitra

Eames House Bird

Charles & Ray Eames,
Vitra

Panton chair

Verner Panton, 1950
Vitra

 Nelson bench

Banc Nelson
George Nelson, 1946
Vitra

Wooden dolls 

Alexandre Girard, 1963
Vitra

TO EXPLORE - Jean Prouvé at Vitra               …

Standard chair

Jean Prouvé, 1934/50
Vitra

EM Table

Jean Prouvé, 1934/50
Vitra

Table Guéridon

Jean Prouvé, 1934/50
Vitra

the wood serie
- S.A.M.  table
- wood stool
- Tout Bois chair

Jean Prouvé,
1934/50
Vitra

Cité lounge chair

Jean Prouvé, 1930
Vitra

Compas desk - Fauteuil de Direction (with or w/o castor)

Jean Prouvé Panton, 1953/51
Vitra

… and more.

TO EXPLORE - Newcomers… !
The Bouroullec brothers at Vitra                …

Belleville
chairs & tables

Erwan et Ronan Bouroullec, 2015
Vitra

 Corniches shelves

Erwan et Ronan Bouroullec, 2012
Vitra

Découpage vase

Erwan et Ronan Bouroullec, 2020
Vitra

… and more.

TO EXPLORE - Newcomers… !
Jasper Morrison at Vitra                …

Plate coffee tables

Jasper Morrison 2015
Vitra

All plastic chairs - APC

Jasper Morrison 2015
Vitra

Cork family - stools

Jasper Morrison 2005
Vitra

EVO-C chair

Jasper Morrison 2021
Vitra

chaises EVO-C – Vitra Vitra

LOUNGE
PLACE

Fauteuils Repos & Grand Repos design Antonio Citterio, 2019 Vitra

Repos & Grand Repos
Antonio Citterio, 2019
Vitra

lounge chairs, daybeds, sofas… 

Fauteuil de Salon design Jean Prouvé, 1939 Vitra

Fauteuil de Salon
Jean Prouvé, 1939
Vitra

Aluminium Group EA124 + EA125 design Charles & Ray Eames, 1958 Vitra

Hal Lounge
Jasper Morrison, 2021
Vitra

Suita Sofa design Antonio Citterio, 2010 Vitra

Suita sofa
Antonio Citterio, 2010
Vitra

Canapés Polder et Polder Compact design Hella Jongerius, 2005 Vitra

Polder / Polder Compact sofa
Hella Jongerius, 2005
Vitra

 WORKING PLACE

task chairs, desks, accessories… 

EDU (Eames Desk Unit)
Charles and Ray Eames, 1949
Vitra

Lobby Chair design Charles & Ray Eames, 1960 Vitra

Lobby chair
Charles & Ray Eames, 1960
Vitra

Soft Pad Group design Charles & Ray Eames, 1969 Vitra

Soft Pad chair
Charles & Ray Eames, 1969
Vitra

chaise de bureau Physix design Alberto Meda, 2012 Vitra

Physix chair
Alberto Meda, 2012
Vitra

chaise ID Trim design Antonio Citterio, 2010 Vitra

ID Trim chair
Antonio Citterio, 2010
Vitra

chaise de bureau Allstar design Konstantin Grcic, 2014 Vitra

Allstar chair
Konstantin Grcic, 2014
Vitra

chaise de bureau Rookie design Konstantin Grcic, 2019 Vitra

Rookie chair
Konstantin Grcic, 2019
Vitra

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Need advice?
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!! With the sole aim of welcoming you during your visit, please contact us beforehand so that we can prepare your visit as well as possible.

Scandinavia Design
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