A mint inexperienced lounge pit and a cream yellow residence workplace are amongst a number of colourful decor items put in by designer Sabine Marcelis on the highest ground of Vitra Herzog & de Meuron's flagship retailer in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
Marcelis, who is understood for her work exploring shade, translucency and reflection, was invited to create a collection of home scenes within the VitraHaus loft, that includes a number of the furnishings firm's most iconic merchandise.
The scenography immerses guests in a world of color, with the assorted areas providing a imaginative and prescient of home life that goals to be each sensible and imaginative.
“The philosophy behind the design carefully displays how we created our household residence,” mentioned Marcelis, who organized the Vitra Design Museum archive right into a color-coordinated exhibition referred to as Coloration Rush in 2022.
“It presents a big open house, divided into purposeful areas, delimited by shade. I then combined my creations with these of different designers, artists and naturally Vitra furnishings to create a cohesive entire.”
Marcelis labored carefully with Vitra to rework the loft of the flagship retailer on the Vitra campus, which can also be residence to Zaha Hadid's dynamic fireplace station and Frank Gehry's swirling museum constructing.
The attic, with its gabled openings that body views of the encircling countryside, has a home scale that’s accentuated by the selection of furnishings and the layering of colours and supplies.
“The VitraHaus loft is the right canvas to show the variety of Vitra furnishings,” mentioned Until Weber, the corporate's artistic director for interiors and scenography. “It offers a collage the place we are able to combine and match the furnishings for the characters that reside in it.”
“The tones and hues that Sabine used are recognizable from the pure, natural world and have a wealthy interplay with the completely different areas – issues are related however not completely matched,” he continued.
Guests arriving by way of a elevate enter a cool inexperienced dwelling space with a big lounge pit created utilizing Jasper Morrison's Mushy modular couch. The couch is complemented by a inexperienced rug and Curve Gentle on the ground by Marcelis.
“The unique couch system is usually used to create L-shapes and we simply put all of them collectively to type this enveloping pit,” mentioned the designer.
“I feel it's so vital to have a superb lounge. It may be a variety of enjoyable – I even have a lounge pit at residence and it's the guts of the home. It feels so good to leap in there.”
The lounge house is one among seven distinct areas, every designed to rejoice a unique shade. These embody a light-weight pink toilet with an onyx tub, customized sink and vainness.
Different areas embody a small seating space with caramel-colored carpeting that matches the leather-based upholstery of a pair of Coconut chairs by George Nelson, and a minimalist kitchen with plum-hued cabinets and stools.
“The colours used within the VitraHaus Loft are my private favourites,” mentioned Marcelis.
“I really like these colours and I by no means get uninterested in them, which makes them timeless for me. I feel this perspective is vital for anybody designing their very own residence.”
Iconic items from the Vitra archive are integrated into the set design, together with two of Verner Panton's mid-century furnishings designs, which Marcelis up to date in seven new colours.
The restricted version variations of the Panton Traditional chair and the Visiona chair are produced in shades impressed by meals, together with bubblegum, butter, honey and plum, which match the colour scheme used within the VitraHaus Loft.
Together with the upholstery within the seven new colours, Marcelis has specified various kinds of finishes for the Visiona cylinder head, together with fake fur and untreated leather-based.
The designer has additionally chosen paintings by pals and collaborators that assist create a way of residence within the areas.
Items by Maria Pratts, Johnny Mae Hauser and Carolijn Jacobs are alongside printed mattress linens by Ehsan Morshed, which have been created for the VitraHaus Loft and can be found for buy at VitraHaus.
Marcelis has labored on quite a few tasks over the previous few years that showcase her revolutionary method to paint and materiality.
Most just lately, she created coloured plinths for the Euro 2024 soccer event match balls and designed an idea model of the Renault Twingo automobile with a semi-transparent exterior and raspberry-colored inside.
The photograph is by Clemens Poloczek.