Another day, another collaboration. This time it's Vitra and Rimowa. Seemingly odd bedfellows, as one makes furniture and home interiors, and the other makes luggage. However, to reconcile this the collaboration has produced a piece of luggage, which is also furniture. And a toolbox.
The main attraction is of course the stool. Made from Rimow'a aluminium, with a snazzy interior, and soft cushion on the top, it attempts to fundamentally address that age old problem, not having anywhere to sit, and wanting to sit on your luggage. This may sound flippant, but it's a reality. We have lost track of the amounts of time when travelling and using Rimowa luggage that we have slumped down, turned the case on the side, and used it as a stool. This simply adds a cushion to that arrangement.
The problem with this however is that in our experience the luggage buckles under our weight. This might be an us problem, but we do wonder the practicality given our experience of selling luggage as a seating solution. It's also not very large, being 47cm x 39cm x 40cm, which makes its capacity limited, but too large to put in some carry on's, doubly making its utility questionable.
It's available now for £2,200, but we would caution sitting on it. As for the toolbox, it's merely the classic Vitra toolbox in Rimowa's aluminium. Oh and there's a set of stickers too, but no-one cares about those.
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