Office Pets
Year: 2007
Material: Leather, metal, polyester, embroidery
Dimensions: Heights: 136, 195, and 124 cm
Commission: Vitra, Basel
Production: Jongeriuslab
Category: Limited edition
Collection: Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, private collections
Only when the mind is able to fly do exciting ideas develop. Based on this idea, Jongerius created 3 objects that connect the rational world of offices and the narrative world of fairy tales. The limited edition is part of the Vitra Edition project (2007), a laboratory that provided architects and designers with the freedom to create experimental objects without having to deal with the constraints of market and production logic. Office Pets push the boundaries of the field, emphasising the role of the imagination rather than the function of the objects.
The first set was created by Vitra and Jongeriuslab, the next sets were created with Galerie kreo.