Panton Chair
This series can be identified by panton s signature on the base.
Panton chair. Today the panton chair is regarded as a classic of modern furniture design. Pantonstolen is an s shaped plastic chair created by the danish designer verner panton in the 1960s. The panton chair can be used either indoors or in an outdoor environment and best suited for an individual or even groups. One of the earliest models is now in the collection of the museum of modern art in new york.
Thanks to panton s exploration of and with new materials and manufacturing methods the danish designer was able to construct a completely new design language and one which as the panton. It was hailed as a sensation and received numerous prizes. Since its market launch the panton chair has undergone several production phases. Panton too dreamt of making a stackable plastic chair that is all one piece and his idea for the s chair was actually thought to have been inspired by a neatly stacked pile of plastic buckets.
Danish designer verner panton spent many years thinking about how to produce a plastic chair moulded in one piece. Panton chair classic 1959 60 zoom. With that chair the first single formed injection molded plastic seat he created one of the most daring designs of the 20th century. The panton chair is a classic in the history of furniture design.
1983 to present day second version of the chair made of painted polyurethane rigid foam. Pre series production of the panton chair commenced in 1967. Verner panton even if verner panton s creative output were reduced to only the eponymous panton chair he would still be considered a master of modern design. Conceived by verner panton in 1960 the chair was developed for serial production in collaboration with vitra 1967.
Since its introduction to the market it has advanced through several production phases. The panton chair danish. Together with vitra he came up with the first prototypes in the 1960s and panton chair went into series production as of 1967. The world s first moulded plastic chair it is considered to be one of the masterpieces of danish design the chair was included in the 2006 danish culture canon.
Not until today was it possible to produce it in line with panton s original idea namely from consistently dyed tough plastic with a matt surface and an affordable. In 1956 he designed the s chair which is a chair in which the back seat and legs are made of one continuous piece and the s chair was considered a. The panton chair has an overall height of 33 83 8 cm seat height of 16 5 41 9 cm width of 19 48 3 cm and depth of 22 75 57 8 cm. More on verner panton.
The panton chair is the very first ever to be constructed from one continuous piece of material. The panton chair is a design of vemer panton taking an s shape and is the world s first chair to be cut out of plastic. The panton chair was not in production from 1979 to 1983. Only since 1999 has it been.
The first plastic cantilever chair which could be produced from a single mould.