 Upon completion of his studies, Rolf Fehlbaum worked for a short time in his parents’ firm.In 1970 he moved to Munich to work as an editor and producer for the Bavaria Film Company and from 1973 to 1977 he was responsible for education and training at the Bavarian Chamber of Architects.The Vitra Company, which was founded by Willi and Erika Fehlbaum as a shopfitting business, entered the furniture market in 1957 with the licensed production of furniture from the Herman Miller Collection – primarily designs by Charles and Ray Eames  and George Nelson  – for the European market.