Posts Tagged ‘50s’

History

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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C1 STOOL

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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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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CONE TABLE

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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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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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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C1

by BiKILL on 5th August 2009

C1, 1959 Verner PANTON

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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PANTOGRAPHY

by BiKILL on 3rd August 2009

Verner Panton

Projects

90s

1998

  • exhibition Light and Colour, Kolding/Denmark
  • floor lamp Panto Beam
  • slope light Hanging Lamp

1997

  • creation Erco branch, London/Great Britain

1996

  • installation Farbräume

1995

  • seat system Pantoflex/PantoGlide
  • seat system Pantoflex/PantoMove

1994

  • seat system Pantoflex
  • seat system Pantoflex/PantoSwing
  • 1993/94 chair Vilbert

1991

  • lighting objects Leuchtkörper

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TOPAN

by BiKILL on 26th July 2009

Year: 1959

The first light of Verner Panton which was produced in a row was the TOPAN in 1959. The down open, spherical lampshade was made from polished or colorfully varnished aluminium metal (polished or brushed aluminium and in blue, turquoise, orange and red varnished) by Louis Poulsen.

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