Chair Times - A History of Seating - From 1800 to Today
“A History of Seating - From 1800 to Today”
2019•1h 30m•8.2•Released
Documentary
"Chair Times" charts a course through an ocean of chairs. In the focus are 125 objects from the Collection of the Vitra Design Museum. Arranged according to their year of production, they illustrate development from 1807 to the very latest designs straight off the 3D printer, forming a timeline to modern seating design. The film features many people whose vocations involve design and who are experts in the field, such as designers Hella Jongerius, Antonio Citterio and Ronan Bouroullec, architects and collectors Arthur Rüegg and Ruggero Tropeano, architect David Chipperfield, Director Emeritus of MAK Vienna/Los Angeles Peter Noever, Mateo Kries, Director of the Vitra Design Museum, Vitra Design Museum curators Amelie Klein, Jochen Eisenbrand and collection curator Serge Mauduit. And your guide through the history of chairs is Rolf Fehlbaum, Chairman Emeritus of Vitra.
Director
Heinz Bütler
Languages
German
Studio
HOOK Film & Kultur Produktion GmbH
Cast
Rolf Fehlbaum
Himself
Mateo Kries
Himself
Ronan Bouroullec
Himself
Christian Brändle
Himself
David Chipperfield
Himself
Antonio Citterio
Himself
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