Vitra Miniature Marshmallow Sofa (1956) Contemporary and world-famous Christ the Redeemer

and world-famous Christ the Redeemer perched atop Corcovado

panda with bamboo stalk

As the gaze of the mythical woman had the power to petrify – or “lock” onlookers – the Medusa Paperweight “locks” or stops paper and books from moving

in which the form of the objects is created by the play of shapes and spaces generated by the steel rods put together almost at random

Basel/Switzerland since 1991

Vitra Miniature Marshmallow Sofa (1956) Contemporary and world-famous Christ the RedeemerFor over two decades, the Vitra Design Museum has been making miniature replicas of milestones in furniture design from its collection. Exactly one sixth the size of the historical originals, the chairs are all true to scale and precisely recreate the smallest details of construction, material and color. The high standard of authenticity even extends to the natural grain of the wood, the reproduction of screws and the elaborate handicraft techniques