We've all been there before: you've packed your belongings ahead of a weekend getaway in your favorite carry-on suitcase, but once back home, the trolley remains there — hanging around in your house as you fail to find enough room to conceal it. But what if I told you that two of the world's most coveted design brands have just shown that luggage can double up as an unexpected interior addition, too? Problem solved, you might think, and you wouldn't be wrong. Not completely, at least.
Meet the RIMOWA Vitra collection, a meticulously crafted line that blurs the boundaries between the sleekest cabin baggage and the most futuristic of ottomans. Thanks to these wheel-equipped, suitcase-resembling stools, courtesy of German luggage manufacturer RIMOWA and Swiss furniture design house Vitra, what the brands call the "rhythm of modern life" can now be rolled straight into your home.
On the surface, RIMOWA and Vitra do not have much in common. Dig a little deeper, and you discover a shared commitment to innovation and decades of expertise processing the same durable, lightweight metal: aluminum. For Vitra, the metal crops up most notably in the mid-century Eames Aluminum Chair, whilst the material has been a RIMOWA mainstay since the brand created its first aluminum suitcase in 1937.
