The chairs had no discernible back, and no legs, and resembled a sculpted cylinder into which someone would be inserted. With his 1958 "Cone" chair, and the "Heart" chair the following year, both made of upholstered bent sheet metal, he began to subtly change the structure of the chair. Shocking both attendees and artists, he displayed the furniture by hanging it from the ceiling of the stand. In 1958 his work as the architect of the Applied Art display at the Fredericia Furniture Fair was a harbinger of his non-traditional approach to the tenets of design. He started his own design office in 1955 and, in the same year, came out with the tubular steel and woven cane "Bachelor" and "Tivoli" chairs. He worked in Arne Jacobsen's architectural office from 1950-52, where it is rumored that he was one of the worst workers, ostensibly because he was preoccupied with his own designs. He was trained at a technical school in Odense, Denmark as an architectural engineer and then at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Experimenting with every material available, and propelled by the rapidly advancing technology of the production processes, he created a body of work that is astounding for its elegance and for the remarkable diversity of his pieces. With a remarkable faith in the unlimited possibilities of forms and materials, he worked successfully to create a new set of theories about how a chair should look and how it should seat someone. Over the course of his career Verner Panton (1926-1998) introduced a series of modern chairs and lighting with personalities unlike any of his Scandinavian contemporaries. This is a collectors item sold in 'as is' condition, no returns please, thank you. Condition is excellent considering its age, I suggest to have it framed. Edition: thick paper Size: 24 x 24 inches Subject: Visiona Landscape Guaranteed original. Ultra rare original deadstock in overall very good condition but with one minor indentation as pictured near the bottom that can be covered by frame. Please note that frame is not included it is sold and shipped unframed in a stronger paper tube. Original Museum Poster marked in the bottom with the following text Verner Panton: Visiona 1970. Here is quite a special poster made for a Verner Panton exhibition which took place in Germany in 1970 titled Visiona. Verner PANTON 'Visiona 1970' Verner Panton Poster, Original, Modern (Not Framed). The shape of the chair, a single curve with no extraneous skeleton was designed to give a soft, rather than rigid, support and it was made is a range of bright colors. The 1960 stacking "Panton" chair, the first to be produced from a single piece of molded plastic, brought Panton international recognition with its modern and unexpected form. Verner PANTON Vision 1970s Psychedelic Space Age Poster Mid Century Modern.
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