by BiKILL on 2nd October 2009
Year: 1999
Since his introduction in 1967 the silhouette of the PANTON CHAIR has revolutionised the chair market. A free-swinging seat, casted in one piece, was the idea, that animated Verner Panton since 1956.
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by BiKILL on 28th September 2009
Year: 2006
Jakub Berdych and Maxim Velcovsky are designer and share not only a design studio named Qubus, but also the love to special creations. Though this is great, nevertheless, it would not reach to be mentioned on this side. If there was not another principal character who gives Panton’s idiom to this small history.
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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 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 8th August 2009
Year: 1993/1994
In the middle of the 90s Verner Panton sketched VILBERT for the Swedish furniture house Ikea. The chair consisted of four MDF boards screwed together with each other. For only 150 Deutschmarks it was sold in two colour variations.
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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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