Vitra is a Swiss furniture company with an extraordinary legacy of collaborating with the most influential designers and architects of the 20th and 21st centuries, producing landmark furniture works by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Jean Prouvé, and many others. Founded in 1950 by Willi Fehlbaum, Vitra is dedicated to improving the quality of living and working environments through design, manufacturing many pieces in its own facilities in Weil am Rhein, Germany. The company is a steward of modernist design heritage and continues to commission new works from leading contemporary designers.