Verner Panton - sixties champion

The influence of a designer has at his contemporaries and future generations is a good measure of their talent. Verner Panton is a magnificent copy of this with their powerful forms. Panton is known for its revolutionary design, the choice of both types of materials. The characteristics of Panton's work is a sculptural elegance, striking form and color in particular. Panton forms stood out from other contemporary designs, as well as possible.

Panton grew up on the Danish island of Funen, where his father ran an inn. Panton began to study architecture at the line in Odense, and his interest in the design took him on to Copenhagen where he continued studying at the Royal Danish Academy. Then he got job at Arne Jacobsen's architectural office where he stayed for two years. There are rumors however that Panton was one of the best employees, then he would rather prefer to spend their time on developing their own ideas.

Panton represents several unique and cult classic design. The most famous and beloved is Pantonstolen. The chair is made of one large piece and place currently produced by Vitra using a more advanced plastic materials (injection-molded polypropylene) than the first Pantonstolarna. Today, there are plenty of cheap Chinese copies of the model on the market. Despite the injury to the artist's reputation by inferior quality, it is a sure sign of an attractive design. I believe that there is little point in buying a copy, not if you want småning on sell at a profit. It also saves you normally only around 30% of the price of the real thing. Vitra offers visiting an orange limited edition of Pantonstolen out in trade, so no excuses!

Another of the classic Panton chair is Cone. Cone is available in different variants, which are K1 and K2 completely halted by a steel wire construction are the same shape. These seats were amazing at the time of entry into the design market. Chairs single rotating point was a major deviation from the three or four legs that is normally expected on a chair. I remember clearly my first meeting with the chair and I still have not gotten over the optical illusion it creates. It seems to just stand, perfectly balanced without regard to the laws of physics. It is important to remember how early this design was considered. 1959 had both already Panton Panton Cone and in production. The unique chairs, in combination with Panton's famous interiors, exhibitions and had a great influence on the coming decade. Today they are classified as two sixty icons. The kitsch is the stigma in the next forty years, has slowly disappeared, revealing that these two are true classics.

1973 Panton created yet another future design classic. This time the series 1-2-3 System for Fritz Hansen. The name 1-2-3 system makes you maybe think of the grouping during a failed 'seven-a-side' football game, but it's actually an incredibly well designed chair with the flexibility, production and comfort in mind.

Despite the three design classics, it is more likely to encounter Panton's wonderful work in the form of a lamp. Flowerpot (both table and ceiling lamp) is well known and immensely popular worldwide. The explanation is that the cost of production is relatively low, they are small, come in a variety of colors, bearing the name of a great designer and above all, the original and classic form has been hard to mistake.

Panton was an extremely productive designer and I could spend days to write about his work. In his day was Panton's design barrier-breaking and surpassed everyone's expectations. Panton's work has certainly survived the stigma of the psychedelic sixties, and his designs are, quite rightly, its place among the timeless modern classics.

Some useful links:

• When the stars came to the village
• 60s sitter
• Inspiration on Klikk.no
• Culture Kanon

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