Verner Panton Biography

Danish architect and designer.
Born 13.Februar 1926 in Gamtofte, DK
Died 5.September 1998 in Copenhagen, DK

Education:
Odense Technical School, DK
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen, DK
Studies in various European countries 1953-55

Independent architect and deigner since 1955
Visiting professor for industrial Design, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach, D 1984

Designs:

Furniture,lamps,carpets,curtains, upholstery fabrics,wall decorations, watches,clothes, accessories, etc.

Buildings:

• Cardboard house, DK 1957
• ‘Komigen’ Inn, DK 1958
• Spherical house, DK 1960
• Plastic house, DK 1960, etc.

Exhibitions:

• Dansk Köbestävne, DK 1958
• Bayer exposition ships Visiona O + II,
• Cologne, D 1968,1970
• Musée des Arts Décoratifs,
• Louvre F 1969,
• Museum für Angewandte Kunst,
• Cologne, D 1994
• «Farbräume» Littmann Kulturprojekte,
• Basel CH 1996
• Trapholt Museum, Kolding DK, 1998
• Design Museum, London GB, 1999, etc.

Interiors:

• Astoria Hotel, Trondheim, N 1960
• Spiegel Publishing House, D 1971
• Junior Casino, D 1973
• Gruner + Jahr Publishing House,
• Hamburg D 1974
• Circus Building, Copenhagen DK 1984,
• Erco Lighting, London, GB 1997, etc.

Memberships:

• Medlem Akademisk Arkitektforening, DK
• Danske Arkitekters Landsforbund, DK
• Industrielle Designer, DK
• Schweizerischer Werkbund, CH
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, GB

Awards:

• Rosenthal Studio Prize, D 1966
• PH - Prize, DK 1967
• International Design Award,
• USA 1963,1968,1981,
• Eurodomus 2, I 1968
• Medal of Austrian Building Centre, A 1968
• Price of Honour, Fourth Vienna
• Int. Furnishing Salon, A 1969
• 3 Federal Price «Gute Form»,
• D 1972,1986
• Möbelprisen, DK 1978
• Deutsche Auswahl, D 1981,1982 (twice),
• 1984,1985,1986
• Sadolin Colour Prize, DK 1986
• Danish Design Council Annual Award,
• DK 1991
• IF - Prize, Japan 1992
• Norwegian Design Award,
• N 1992 Bo Bedre Prize, DK 1998

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