Posts Tagged ‘Louis Poulsen’

VP EUROPE

by BiKILL on 21st August 2009

Year: 1977

A whole light family Verner Panton lifted in 1977 with VP EUROPE from the baptism. Their foot form reminded of the Panthella designed already in 1971. Nevertheless, it is not white varnished, but chromium-plated.

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PANTHELLA

by BiKILL on 5th August 2009

PANTHELLA, Louis Poulsen, Design 1971 Verner PANTON

Year: 1971

An organic manifestation, to a little mushroom similarly, characterizes Verner Panton’s PANTHELLA. The light, conceived for the ground and table application, adapts itself harmoniously in her sphere.

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RING LAMP

by BiKILL on 28th July 2009

RING LAMP, 1969 Verner PANTON

Year: 1969/70

To the Cologne furniture fair in 1970 Verner Panton sketched the RING LAMP. How the name already allows to suppose, the wall and covers light exists of rings becoming smaller inwards. Besides, the light source, integrated in the centre, forms the most internal circle.

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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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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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FLOWERPOT

by BiKILL on 26th July 2009

FLOWERPOT, 1968 Verner PANTON

Year: 1968

Simply and nicely, with these both adjectives the FLOWERPOT by Verner Panton can be described the best way. Conceived as a table light, cover light and garden light, the design of the light sketched in 1968 was distinguished in 1972 with the federal price Gute Form of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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BIOGRAPHY

by TAGWERC on 13th July 2009

Verner PANTON

Beginning and education

  • Verner Panton sees on the 13th of February, 1926 in Brahesborg-Gamtofte on the island Fünen in Denmark the light of the world. At the age of 18 years the Dane moves to Odense. There he joins the military for two years. Parallely in addition he visits the Technical School, also in Odense, from 1944 to 1947. Following Verner Panton studies architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen (in 1947-1951) and begins to occupy himself with colour psychologie. During the study Tove Kemp crosses his way. The stepdaughter of the architect and designer Poul Henningsen marries Panton in 1950. Nevertheless, the marriage fails after only one year. Their common son passes away early. What remains is the friendship to Poul Henningsen which remains up to his death in 1967 Panton’s mentor.
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