Panton Chair

The Panton Chair is a work designed by the Danish designer and architect Verner Panton cantilever chair or chair that is still in production today and is considered a classic of pop art and furniture design.

History

During his studies, Verner Panton developed behind legless chairs. In 1955, an S-shaped chair made of molded laminated wood consistently emerged in a curved contour. Panton's goal but to produce a plastic chair, as he was impressed by the features and possibilities of this material was. In the late 1950s, he managed to develop an initial model of the Panton Chairs made ​​of plastic. Despite a public exhibition to Erik Holm at Elsinore no suitable manufacturers place for series production. Panton therefore again working with wood. In 1963, however, came to a cooperation with the Swiss company Vitra. Along a Panton Chair is designed for series production, which was first presented to the public in August 1967. Since then, the chair was - made in four different variants and different plastic materials - with an interruption in the years between 1979 and 1983, where the production was temporarily halted.