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Project Vitra is a comprehensive publication on the history, present and future of Vitra. The copiously illustrated chapters with contributions by Alex Coles, Rolf Fehlbaum, Luis Fernández-Galiano, Deyan Sudjic and Alexander von Vegesack tell stories about the places, products and people connected with Vitra. Project Vitra also features extensive unpublished material from the Vitra archives, relates the stories behind the furniture and designers and demonstrates the balancing act between cultural ambitions and commercial success. This overview is rounded off by a history of the firm and a comprehensive glossary.
Editors: Rolf Fehlbaum and Cornel Windlin, ca. 394 p., 992 illustrations, 795 in colours.
Published by Birkhäuser, Tel. +41 (0)61 205 07 77, sales@birkhauser.ch, www.birkhauser.ch
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14 April 2008.
