by BiKILL on 29th October 2009
Verner Panton
Design always reflects the time in which it was originated. Expressed differently: Draughts can be better understood, one knows about the historical backgrounds and social moods. For a better understanding of the era Verner Panton we have lighted up the decades of his creating:
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by BiKILL on 28th August 2009
Year: 1955
The TIVOLI BAR STOOL is based on the same prinziple as Verner Panton’s Tivoli Chair. A metal rack with a seat made out of threaded plastic string – these two different materials form a unique unit.
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by BiKILL on 28th August 2009
Year: 1955
The TIVOLI LOUNGE CHAIR is a slightly modified draught of the classical Tivoli Chair. His lower height and broader seat make him comfortably especially for a relaxed sitting.
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by BiKILL on 27th August 2009
Year: 1955
It is supposed to be the Verner Panton’s first chair – the Tivoli Chair. Basically the chair existed of two elements which together formed a unity: a metal rack and a seat made out of plastic string or rattan. One could also say that the metal gave the massive frame which the plastic filled out in a filigree way.
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by BiKILL on 26th August 2009
Year: 1959
In the end of the 50s Verner Panton was internationally celebrated as a designer for the first time. Absolutely the interiour creation of the Kom-Igen Inn plaid an important part in contributing.
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by BiKILL on 21st August 2009
Rock’n'Roll and Boogie Woogie give their own megaphone to the youth in the 50s. Hairstyles with a Flat, a forwards piled up hair quiff, and a fashion with petticoats, nylons, high heels, shepherd’s check pattern and Vichy-quares underline the attitude to life.
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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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by BiKILL on 5th August 2009
Year: 1958
As a low filing table for ashtray and drinks Verner Panton conceived the CONE TABLE. His round tabletop, his conical table leg and a three-armed cross base made the table the ideal companion of the Cone Chair, Verner Panton had created for Kom-Igen Inn, the restaurant of his father.
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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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by BiKILL on 5th August 2009
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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