Born in Funen, an island in central Denmark where the angels sing in polyphony, a land of great artists – painters, sculptors, composers – Verner Panton is one of the most controversial contemporary furniture designers. Panton has taken the art of simplification farther than any other designer, opening up new paths and revealing a marvellous way of using colour. He was the one who created the PANTONE colour scale, and he was the one who created the 1967 chair, built in a single piece out of a single material – plastic – eliminating the “legs”, in psychedelic colours.
Born in Funen, an island in central Denmark where the angels sing in polyphony, a land of great artists – painters, sculptors, composers – Verner Panton is one of the most controversial contemporary furniture designers. Panton has taken the art of simplification farther than any other designer, opening up new paths and revealing a marvellous way of using colour. He was the one who created the PANTONE colour scale, and he was the one who created the 1967 chair, built in a single piece out of a single material – plastic – eliminating the “legs”, in psychedelic colours.