23 Facts About Verner Panton

Verner Panton is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers.

Verner Panton's style was very "1960s" but regained popularity at the end of the 20th century.

Verner Panton was already an experienced artist in Odense when he went to study architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, graduating in 1951.

Verner Panton turned out to be an "enfant terrible" and he started his own design and architectural office.

Verner Panton became well known for his innovative architectural proposals, including a collapsible house, the Cardboard House and the Plastic House.

In 1960 Verner Panton was the designer of the very first single-form injection-moulded plastic chair.

Verner Panton is perhaps best known for a series of interior designs for Bayer's yearly product exhibition, held aboard excursion boats.

From 1950 to 1952, Verner Panton worked for the architect Arne Jacobsen, who became another important mentor.

From this, Verner Panton is given a large number of architectural and furniture designs including the Bachelor Chair and Tivoli Chair commissioned by prestigious Danish furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen in 1955.

Verner Panton's entry was an entire furniture collection, which included a stackable chair in which the seat and backrest formed a single unit.

Verner Panton designed the interior as well as a one-floor extension with a roof terrace.

Verner Panton used five different shades of red for the interior to give it warmth while including dark colors for the table linens.

Verner Panton developed a flexible system made of fabrics with geometrical patterns to hang from the ceiling to divide up the room.

Verner Panton designed the Astoria Hotel restaurant in Trondheim, Norway in 1960 which included the entry area with the cloakroom, the day restaurant with the wintergarten, an evening restaurant with dance floor as well as a self-service restaurant.

Verner Panton used textile design for floors, walls and ceilings in order to give the room a uniform image.

In 1965, Thonet produced the S-Chair by Verner Panton which became the first cantilever chair made of molded plywood.

Verner Panton used the textile design Geometry I to IV for floors, walls and ceilings in order to give the room a uniform image.

Verner Panton, who was commissioned to design the ship in 1968, found ways from the very beginning to get round any excessive restriction to the field of textiles.

Verner Panton was commissioned no less than twice to design this exhibition, entitled 'Visiona'.

Whereas in the design of the offices Verner Panton restricted himself to a simple system of colours and patterns, in the entrance hall and canteen he once more succeeded in using visual trompe l'oeil effects to create impressive and surprising interior design solutions.

In 1979 Verner Panton was able to create the special 'Pantorama' exhibition as part of the Swiss furniture fair in Basel.

The 'Light and colour' exhibition which opened at the Trapholt Museum on 17 September 1998, only a few days after Verner Panton's death, was his last design project.

In eight colourful rooms, which once more provided an impressive demonstration of his masterly use of colours, Verner Panton presented a representative cross section of his entire creation as a designer.