Berlin and its hidden treasures: along the Spree Canal in Mitte, nestled between the east prefabricated apartment blocks / Plattenbauten and Museum Island, lies the former hardware store Haus Lademann (built in 1872–1874), which has been carefully restored—preserving its original cast-iron columns and elements—and brought back to life. This is where the zero360 agency has set up the new location and entered into a collaboration with Vitra for the office workspace. Whether in the basement, on the ground floor, or on the first floor, the charm of the past combined with contemporary office furnishings is hard to beat, while the Spree flows by 🙂 It’s seriously awesome—most new buildings can only look on in awe. #vitra #zero360 #interior #architecture #berlin

In 2007, I had the opportunity to photograph Zaha Hadid’s new “mesa” table for Vitra at the Salone del Mobile Milano. Shimmering golden, the organic object stood on the stage like a spaceship. Zaha Hadid liked the photos, and her office contacted me to convey her delight. Last year, we were able to photograph one of her last projects in Prague, which she apparently designed herself, a two-part ship stranded in the city center at Prague’s main train station, the new Masaryčka building. Three companies furnished with Vitra furniture: Penta, the real estate developers, B&G, and the IT company, 2nd Foundation. All three projects can be seen on my homepage. At Penta, you can see the unity between the interior and exterior. Not only is the simplified “Mesa” table used as an office table in the executive office, but the exterior façade is also reflected in the interior design. The two entrance areas shows off the design language, creating a sensation when you enter the organic space, but also when you stand in front of the building, a radiant golden spaceship, just like the “Mesa” table in Milano. #zahahadid #vitra #masaryčka #prague #design #architecture

Boston Consulting Group located in the Masaryčka building Prague designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. #zahahadid #vitra #bostonconsultinggroup #architecture #newwork

Banks, doctors’ offices, ice cream shops—they all have one thing in common: you always wonder about the awful interior. Who designed it, why did they do it, could it be any worse? The customer areas of most bank branches in particular feel like they’re stuck in the 1990s, which is why these two bank projects for Vitra were a revelation. Two bank branches in the provinces, the Volksbank in Hofgeismar and the VR Bank in Burgau, not headquarters in the big cities. Things can be done very differently; change is also slowly taking place in the financial sector, and customers and employees can interact with each other in a pleasant environment. Discarding old, outdated areas, creating new, open, communicative areas, giving people more freedom, whether in open customer areas or employee offices, suddenly it all feels normal and pleasant, and you don’t feel the urge to leave these otherwise ugly bank branches as quickly as possible. In conversation with branch managers and bank employees, it quickly becomes clear that customers are coming in, employees are more motivated, there are fewer sick days, the mood is good, and morale is high. As times change, we need to change old, outdated frameworks

Banks, doctors’ offices, ice cream shops—they all have one thing in common: you always wonder about the awful interior. Who designed it, why did they do it, could it be any worse? The customer areas of most bank branches in particular feel like they’re stuck in the 1990s, which is why these two bank projects for Vitra were a revelation. Two bank branches in the provinces, the Volksbank in Hofgeismar and the VR Bank in Burgau, not headquarters in the big cities. Things can be done very differently; change is also slowly taking place in the financial sector, and customers and employees can interact with each other in a pleasant environment. Discarding old, outdated areas, creating new, open, communicative areas, giving people more freedom, whether in open customer areas or employee offices, suddenly it all feels normal and pleasant, and you don’t feel the urge to leave these otherwise ugly bank branches as quickly as possible. In conversation with branch managers and bank employees, it quickly becomes clear that customers are coming in, employees are more motivated, there are fewer sick days, the mood is good, and morale is high. As times change, we need to change old, outdated frameworks.

Who manufactures these precise individual parts for a watch movement? I often find myself watching watchmaker vids where they take apart, clean, and reassemble used high-quality watches. The beautiful, delicate elements, tiny in size, cannot have any tolerances, otherwise time will run out :-). Last year, we had the opportunity to photograph for Vitra at a company that manufactures these individual parts. Located in Switzerland, home to master watchmakers, this company is situated in a classic industrial park. How to deal with these commercial properties, which were built purely for functionality and speed at the time. Nothing special from the outside, but surprisingly inviting on the inside after the renovation. New offices with a state-of-the-art production hall. Turning old into new, one of the essential sustainability themes not only in architecture. #vitra #newoffice #sustainability #precision #watch

Mynt defies conventional categorisations and combines the home-like appeal and unassuming aesthetic of a universal chair with the ergonomics of a dynamic office chair. It thus brings a new way of sitting to any setting: a versatile all-rounder ideal for the office – as well as shared spaces and universities like here at the DHBW Lörrach on the VitraCampus. Architect Alvaro Siza.

Some more images of the Mikado chair from Barber/Osgerby, Vitra. First location Hotel Sans Soucis in Vienna, second location in Cologne, private apartment.

Great huge project Fiege at the harbor of Münster, one of the most beautiful locations in Germany, TNPX, Raumagentur, Conmoto etc.

New headquarter of the leading german engineering valve company GEMUE

STMicroelectronics, Geneva, Switzerland, Vitra Reference Office

“‘Long-term, sustainable entrepreneurial thinking and action is one of START Global’s core values, which is why we have equipped our campus almost exclusively with second-hand furniture.’ (…) Question: What feedback have you received from users and visitors to the space so far? – The users immediately felt at home and visitors have been very enthusiastic and like to come by for a coffee in addition to official events. That makes us happy because we’ve tried to create a place that people also enjoy using in their free time. The boundaries between work, eating, learning, relaxing, socialising, partying … are very fluid.’ Roland Schönholzer, Member Board of Trustees, START Foundation” Vitra Homepage

“The international game company and publishing house Ravensburger contacted Vitra in order to modernise its ageing offices. Not only were they looking for advice and assistance in planning a contemporary New Work environment, but also desired products that fulfil Ravensburger’s high standards in terms of design, quality, sustainability and timeless aesthetic.”

Verkehrsmuseum Luzern, Schweiz

KINZO Berlin, Architecture, Interior. New spaces for Grover Headquarter in Berlin, Buelowstr.

A working city as a workplace, ESW, New Work, Munich, 2022. Evangelisches Siedlungswerk.

Measuring and managing sustainability. Also for the Evangelische Bank’s own employees and their workplaces in the new building in Kassel.

HF Mixing Freudenberg. ‘With the installation of dark structural elements, whose angled surfaces mirror the sloping roofs of Freudenberg’s timbered houses, regional architecture has also found its way into the office landscape – the unmistakeable home of the company’s employees.’ Christian Necker, Vitra Consulting & Planning Studio

The Royal College of Art was founded in 1837 as the Government School of Design. Granted a Royal Charter and university status in 1967, today the RCA remains the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design. The RCA’s new Battersea campus is the manifestation of a bold vision that unites art and design with science, technology, mathematics and medicine, providing an academic home to a diverse range of students – from computer scientists, robotics engineers and product designers to writers, curators and sculptors.

Designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron, the campus adds 15,500 m2 to the footprint of the university, delivering enhanced workshop and studio infrastructure for students and offering social and educational spaces as a meeting point for talent and ideas.

‘No one comes back to the office just for a desk. At On Labs, we focus on social interaction among our diverse team. Living our culture together ensures that we remain innovative and creative.’
David Allemann, Co-Founder On

“acoustic solutions. Every day we transform thousands of plastic bottles into beautiful and functional room acoustic products that make an impact on our life.” Headquarter Impact Acoustic, Luzern, Swiss

Users have the freedom to make their own modifications to the Comma structures, adapting the layout to changing circumstances and requirements.

The international design and innovation consultancy with 37 offices throughout the world belongs to Accenture’s digital arm, Accenture Interactive. Fjord specialises in service and experience design, and collaborates with designers from the growth and business design sectors for clients across all industries. They integrated the most flexibel Comma system from Vitra.

How to optimise working environments: Dynamic, communicative collaboration is central at Gore and the associates culture provides a good foundation for adopting new modes of office work. Back in 2019 Vitra was commissioned to team up with users to develop a future workplace in an open empty space, in order to enhance this special networking culture and its work structures and processes and implement them in new more flexible spatial concepts.

The open minded digital agency in Basel city. ‘The idea was to create a large, flexible environment featuring workstations, project and workshop areas in combination with five spacious meeting rooms that together would function as a homogeneous whole.’

“The Swiss company SKAN is a global market leader in cleanroom devices, isolator technology and contamination control. Strong, steady growth made it necessary to move into a new, larger production and office building.” Vitra, office interior: front office Basel, Christian Kohler

“Vitra’s Club Office: using our own spaces as a testing ground for our Research & Design team, Vitra’s Consulting & Planning team has built the first Club Office at our head office in Birsfelden, near Basel, Switzerland. People do not come to the office today for individual activities requiring concentration – they come because they have a desire to feel part of a larger whole, because they want to meet their colleagues, and because they seek new knowledge and experiences.”

As a service provider for public and private institutions, the client is an international leader in this sector with over 9000 employees. When planning a new work environment at the company headquarters, a key aim was to translate the open and informal corporate culture into office structures that promote communication.

The Hilti Group provides leading-edge tools, technologies, software and services for the global construction sector. The headquarters is being modernised step by step, with the newest office building providing a contemporary work environment for around 200 employees.

The hotel has embraced an innovative hybrid concept: guests should feel comfortable and relaxed in timelessly furnished rooms, while also able to enjoy diverse events, micro-scale fairs, pop-up interventions and exhibitions on the premises.

“The independent aid organisation Plan International has been working to secure the opportunities and rights of children worldwide for 80 years. An ambitious concept for the new office building was developed together with the architects and the Interior Design Service team at Vitra.”

Security first, the 24 hours training center in Zurich Switzerland: Every year, over 12,000 employees from various airlines complete their apprenticeships, further vocational advancement or professional training as pilots or flight attendants in the new 11,000-sqm building with offices and training facilities.

A new spirit of togetherness was to be created, with an open work environment whose overall design is a visible expression of the corporate culture. Vitra was commissioned to design a concept for this Electrostar project.

New SWATCH Headquarter in Biel, Swiss. Architect is the Pritzker Price winner Shigeru Ban, a milestone in architecture, working space and company philisophy. Great part of the contemporary office concept is realized from VITRA, flexibility, agility, forward ideas.

Kitchen Stories, Start-Up company based in Berlin at the east part of the famous “Plattenbau” modernism architecture.

The leading Swiss building materials company Kästli Bau AG at the foot of the Alps in Rubigen, Interior Designs: Front Office, Christian Kohler, Basel, Swiss

Alnatura, the new eco friendly office.

New agile working agency, unlimited combinations.

Hockey Club Davos, HCD

Ottobock departments as well as the Management Board to relocate from Thüringen to the former Bötzow brewery in the center of Berlin, a listed building carefully restored by Chipperfield Architects.

PwC is one of the world’s leading auditing companies. Flexible Office, dancing walls. Designer Stephan Hürlemann

Feel home at medical center.

Citizen office update, Vitra Campus by Sevil Peach.

Ritter Sport, Chocolate Factory in the Black Forest. Vitra office.

Digital Agency in a refurbished Citroën garage, vitra office

Codewise is Poland’s new Google IT company. Paradise for IT-Coder. Vitra Office.

Innovative office and interior, Vitra office planning was the essential success factor.

The agency found an ideal site for its new offices in a historical factory building within the Bouché industrial park. Vitra office.

Steve Job’s glasses, Lunor, eyeglasses manufacturer from the Black Forest

VEGA Amersfoort, Refurbished building for future offices.

Established marketing agency Heithoff & Companie in Münster with a progressive Vitra office concept for 20 people.

MAN integrated “future workshop” rooms in one of their 50’s buildings on the campus in Munich. Vitra concept and reference.

Watson

The new INBANI collection 2017, Bath, Shower, Taps, Accessories.

Fendi, Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, Rome, office. vitra reference.

New heaquarter, On running shoe brand.

Opening new tigha store in Cologne

University of Konstanz Library, Constance, Germany

The company offers coworking areas, event spaces and serviced apartments in a refurbished 19th-century building in Cologne.

Fairtrade non-profit organisations Max Havelaar & Oikocredit
Utrecht, Netherlands

Restaurant Bolwerk, Den Bosch, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Bellucci Jewelry, exclusive high end jewelry and timepieces

eFM, the multiple award winning company provides solutions and services for real estate and facility management.

GfK (Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung), IT office, Berlin, vitra case study.

EPFL, Rolex Learning Center, Sanaa Architects, library

THOMAS SABO Headquarter, Jewelry Department.

charles & ray Eames, elephants

vitra campus, IT office, Weil a.R., Germany

vitra, Umweltforschungsstation Schneefernerhaus GmbH Zugspitze, Germany, Industry: Research & development

The Mesa table, Zaha Hadid, Henry Moore, Miami Art Fair, vitra

Endress+Hauser, workshop and training center

places and cafe ray hamburg: coworking & places to be

Tonband, tape record, magnetófono

vitra, Franz Keller – Schwarzer Adler Vogtsburg Oberbergen, Germany

vitra, hotel überfluss, bremen, boutique

HDI Gerling, Talanx, Hannover, Ingenhoven

vitra, town hall, barcelona, san cugat

Modern Architecture

Mercedes, Daimler Benz

Portfolio, portrait, people, fashion, catalogue

Tommy Hilfiger, London

Heerbach Mineralbrunnen, label, beverages

vitra, citizen office, riedel communications

Richard Rogers, London, LLP, vitra reference

Telefónica, O2, Munich

Barcode House, Munich, MVRDV Architects, vitra

Qiagen, Zurich, vitra, citizen office

vitra, education, Erasmus University College
Rotterdam, Netherlands

vitra citizen office, Interpol, Lyon, France, Industry: Public service

vitra, Truma Gerätetechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Putzbrunn, Germany

Spectraseis, Zurich, vitra, citizen office

vitra, Industry: Agrochemicals

vitra, Brandenburg Parliament Potsdam, Germany

SGL Carbon Group, vitra, citizen office

The Citizen Office project began in 1991. Initiated by Vitra, Andrea Branzi, Michele de Lucchi and Ettore Sottsass

Razorfish Agency, vitra, citizen office

vitra, Maxie Eisen, Frankfurt, Germany, Industry: Gastronomy

museum, photography, bruxelles, vitra

vitra citizen office, Leoni GmbH Kitzingen, Germany, Industry: Automotive

vitra, Vaude Tettnang, Obereisenbach, Germany, Industry: Outdoor clothing / Sport

Only, Agency, Amsterdam, vitra

SHIFT

George, Gina & Lisa, Eyewear, Sunglasses, Opticals

Kumavision, vitra, citizen office

Presentation of the Workbay System at the Salone del Mobile in Milano 2013. vitra, Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec

Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen, canteen, restaurant, vitra

TU München, vitra, Tip Ton chair, Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby

vitra, Terminal 2, Munich Airport, Munich, Germany

IATA, Airport Geneva, International Air Transport Association, office.

New products from vitra and Artek at the IMM fair in Cologne 2014

George, Gina, & Lucy, New Fragrance 2013

The new colored collection

Clariant Produkte GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, vitra, Industry: Chemicals

Bags, Accessories, New York

vitra, Industry: Technology, Endress & Hauser, Maulburg, Germany

Design Objects, Furniture, vitra

Unvermittelbar, Julia Mantel, wool sheep, handmade

TU, Delft, university, vitra

Museo aero solar, solar balloon, plastic bags, aeronauten werkstatt

HSE, HEAG Südhessische Energie AG, Darmstadt, vitra

VNB, Darmstadt, vitra

Little, Brown Book Group, London, net’n nest office, vitra

Rapstor Inc., high end diamond watches, timepieces, rapstor.com