Chair Times

IMDb 8.3 2019 • 90 min • Documentary

Director

Heinz Bütler

Country

CH

Plot Summary

"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.

Top Cast

Rolf Fehlbaum
Rolf Fehlbaum Himself
Mateo Kries
Mateo Kries Himself
Ronan Bouroullec
Ronan Bouroullec Himself
Christian Brändle
Christian Brändle Himself
David Chipperfield
David Chipperfield Himself