%0 Journal Article %T Vitra. Fine architecture or marketing gimmick? %A Wykrota, Aleksandra %A Zimnoch, Maria %J Przestrzeń Urbanistyka Architektura %V 2018 %R 10.4467/00000000PUA.18.007.8615 %N Volume 1/2018 %P 119-131 %K Vitra, marketing, architecture, design, communication %@ 2544-0853 %D 2018 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przestrzen-urbanistyka-architektura/article/vitra-dobra-architektura-czy-chwyt-marketingowy %X Vitra is undeniably a pioneer in the field of product and interior design and for over 60 years has been known as a top brand in the furniture industry. Even though it creates objects mainly from the field of industrial design, it is also known for the amazing architecture of the company’s headquarters. How did the architecture become the firm’s showcase? Why did Vitra decide to pump a gigantic amount of money into the development of the factory buildings that could also have been a group of bunkhouses and nobody would have been shocked? The answer to these questions is one simple truth – Vitra bet on AUTHENTICITY.