Home Stories: 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors at Vitra Design Museum

The Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein presents 'Home Stories: 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors', a chronological reverse survey of 20 emblematic interiors curated by Jochen Eisenbrand and Anna-Mea Hoffmann. The exhibition, though closed indefinitely due to the pandemic, explores how domestic spaces have served as social manifestos and lifestyle representations. Key examples include Villa Arpel from Jacques Tati's 'Mon Oncle' (1958), the 1959 Nixon-Khrushchev kitchen debate at the American National Exhibition in Moscow, Andy Warhol's Factory, and Arno Brandlhuber's Antivilla (2015). The show traces the evolution of Western interiors from the 1920s, highlighting figures like Elsie De Wolfe, Mies van der Rohe's Villa Tugendhat (1928-1930), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky's Frankfurt Kitchen, Finn Juhl's house in Ordrup, Lina Bo Bardi's Casa de Vidro, Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower, and Claude Parent and Paul Virilio's fonction oblique. The exhibition also addresses contemporary issues such as the impact of social media, home staging, and the potential role of architects and designers in post-pandemic living, citing examples like Materialise's 3D-printed door opener in Belgium and voice-activated elevator systems in China.