Posts Tagged ‘1960’

60s

by BiKILL on 21st August 2009

People conquer the universe, while at home on earth a really bad mood rules. The 60s are the decade of big problems and changes at the same time.

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TÜTENSTUHL SERIE K

by BiKILL on 12th August 2009

Year: 1958/60

With the expression SERIES K – K for Kraemmerhusstole – Verner Panton meant several different pieces of furniture, partially with suitable (bar) stools and tables which were based – more or less – on the same construction.

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GEOMETRI

by BiKILL on 5th August 2009

Year: 1960

GEOMETRI, the best known textile draught of Verner Panton, exists of a pattern which consists of circles and squares. The design is visualised by two colour combinations: black / white and red / orange.

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CONE STOOL

by BiKILL on 5th August 2009

Year: 1958

A restaurant not only needs club armchairs, it also asks for (bar) stools – at least if it was opened like the Kom-Igen Inn end of the 50s. Thus Verner Panton together with the Cone Chair sketched the CONE (BAR) STOOL.

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CONE CHAIR

by BiKILL on 5th August 2009

CONE CHAIR, 1958 Verner PANTON

Year: 1958

For Kom-igen Inn, the restaurant of his father, in 1958 Verner Panton was in search of a club armchair which should unite geometrical forms and functionality. The CONE CHAIR does no only justice this claim, he also excels every expectation which one had to date to a club armchair.

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WIRE CONE CHAIR

by BiKILL on 5th August 2009

WIRE CONE CHAIR, 1959 Verner PANTON

Year: 1959

The WIRE CONE CHAIR was the second chair of the Series K of designer Verner Panton. Formed from a mesh of steel wire, it has the same basic form as his cone-chair-relatives, the Cone Chair and the Heart Cone Chair.

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HEART CONE CHAIR

by BiKILL on 5th August 2009

HEART CONE CHAIR, 1959 Verner PANTON

Year: 1959

HEART CONE CHAIR, Verner Panton named his piece of furniture, based on the Cone Chair, designed in the year before. The backrest reminds of a wing pair. Together with the cone, the base of the chair, the silhouette copies the form of a heart.

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MOON LAMP

by BiKILL on 28th July 2009

MOON LAMP, 1960 Verner PANTON

Year: 1960

The MOON LAMP rang in a new creation style of Verner Panton in 1960. Already in 1955 the designer had conceived droplights who consisted of a system of ring-shaped reflectors, with partly different profiles. These single elements were connected by threads with each other.

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PANTON CHAIR CLASSIC

by BiKILL on 21st July 2009

PANTON CHAIR CLASSIC

Year: 1958-1967

The PANTON CHAIR CLASSIC, the icon of chair design, is probably the best known furniture draught of Verner Panton. The idea of a free-swinging chair, made in one piece, revolutionised the furniture design in the 20th century.

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