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Panton & Panton Classic chairs
Verner Panton, 1960

Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960

Panton chair, Classic version (glossy)

The Panton Chair is a classic in the history of furniture design. Conceived by Verner Panton in 1960, the Panton Chair was developed for serial production in collaboration with Vitra. It was the first chair to be manufactured completely out of plastic in one single piece. Since its market launch in 1967, it has advanced through several production phases. Only since 1999 has it been possible to produce the chair in accordance with its original conception – out of durable, dyed-through plastic with a lustrous matte finish

The comfort of this chair results from the combination of a cantilever structure with an anthropomorphic shape and a slightly flexible material. It can be used individually or in groups and is suited for indoor and outdoor environments. The Panton Chair has received numerous international design awards and is represented in the collections of many prominent museums. Due to its expressive shape, it has become an icon of the twentieth century.

Verner Panton was a highly influential figure in design development in the 1960s and 1970s. Having moved to Switzerland at the beginning of the 1960s, this Dane made a name for himself as an innovative, experimental designer of furniture, lamps and fabrics. Characteristic of his work was the virtuosity with which he used colour.   

Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960
Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960

Panton Chair

Material Polypropylene – matt finish – suitable for outdoor use
New Dimensions L50 x P61 x H86 cm - seat height 44 cm

Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960
Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960

black

Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960

white

Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960

rose

mint

Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960
Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960

Bordeaux

Ice blue

Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960

red

Panton Chair Classic

Material polyurethane foam – glossy finish
Dimensions L50 x P60 x H83 cm - seat height 41,5 cm

Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960
Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960

black

white

Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960

red

Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960
Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960

Verner Panton

Verner Panton

Verner Panton, born in Gamtofte, Denmark, studied at Odense Technical College before enrolling at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen as an architecture student. He worked from 1950-1952 in the architectural firm of Arne Jacobsen and founded an independent studio for architecture and design in 1955. He first attracted wider attention with the geometric forms of his furniture designs for the firm Plus-linje. In the following years Panton created numerous designs for seating furniture and lighting.

Verner Panton's passion for bright colours and geometric patterns manifested itself in an extensive range of textile designs. By fusing the elements of a room – floor, walls, ceiling, furnishings, lighting, textiles and wall panels made of enamel or plastic – into a unified gesamtkunstwerk, Panton's interior installations have attained legendary status. The most famous examples are the 'Visiona' ship installations for the Cologne Furniture Fair (1968 and 1970), the Spiegel publishing headquarters in Hamburg (1969) and the Varna restaurant in Aarhus (1970).

Panton's collaboration with Vitra began in the early 1960s, when they jointly developed what became his best-known design, the Panton Chair, which was introduced in 1967. This was also the first independently developed product by Vitra.

Verner Panton died in 1998 in Copenhagen. Vitra's re-edition of designs by Panton, as well as the retrospective of his work mounted by the Vitra Design Museum in 2000, bear witness to the special relationship between Vitra and Verner Panton.

Panton & Panton Classic chairs Verner Panton, 1960