Verner Panton Wire Cone Chair

In the case of Wire Cone Chair, the body of the chair is made of intertwined, spot-welded steel wire. The wire grid, left exposed causing its visual appearance to change with the light or angle, ensures that the armchair appears transparent, elegant and light.

Verner Panton Ring Lamp

Produced for the Visiona installation, Ring Lamp is a wall and ceiling light with a modular concept and a strongly decorative character.

Verner Panton Cone Table

With its conical base, low occasional Cone Table is the ideal companion piece to Cone Chair or Heart Cone Chair.

Verner Panton Living Tower

The organically shaped sculptural piece can be used at four different levels. Panton believed that it is important to seek harmony between people and their surroundings... the living tower fosters communication and interaction.

Verner Panton Heart Cone Chair

A comfortable club chair for everyday use, Vitra has faithfully re-issued this classic in close collaboration with the Panton estate. The Heart Cone Chair takes its name from its heart-shaped silhouette.

Verner Panton Cone Chair

Defying gravity, the cone was both futuristic and shocking... so much so that when it was exhibited in a shop window in New York City police had to order its removal due to the traffic chaos its presence created.

Verner Panton Amoebe

The Amoebe was originally dreamed up for Panton's famous Visiona installation. It is a marvellous example of close-to-the-floor lounge furniture and embodies the spirit of the early 1970s. In bright colours, the re-edition delivers even greater comfort thanks to its flexible backrest shell.

Verner Panton Panton Chair

The Panton Chair has won various design prizes world-wide and graces the collections of numerous renowned museums. Its expressive shape makes it a true 20th-century design icon.

Verner Panton Relaxer Rocking Chair

In one sweeping curve, Panton has accentuated the art of seating, which is ergonomically fit to anybody size and posture.

Verner Panton in his own words

"The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination.

Most people spend their lives housing in dreary, grey-beige conformity, mortally afraid of using colours.

By experimenting with lighting, colours, textiles and furniture and utilizing the latest technologies,I try to show new ways, to encourage people to use their phantasy and make their surroundings more exciting."

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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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