Chart Concept 3

Another artist I wanted to include in my chart is Vernon Panton. Although he was active during the Pop Art Design era he still had good functional designs with a hint of playfulness. He began as an apprentice with Arne Jacobsen and was assigned to assist the master (Jacobsen) on the iconic Ant Chair.

Verner Panton was influenced by Jacobsen’s organic modern approach, such as the Swan and Egg Chairs.

These two stylish chairs are the Swan and Egg Chairs 1957-1958 by Arne Jacobsen which were created as a whole with the Arne Jacobsen Royal Hotel Copenhagen 1956-1960.

Panton’s furniture was based on extravagant geometric forms and the use of strong colours as seen in his Cone Chair (1958) along with the Panton Chair which was designed in 1960 but not produced until 1967 due to its technical challenges. It was a time where plastics were being discovered and there was a continuation in the potential of moulds. Panton’s revolutionary ideas and designs were to blend the two together thus creating his iconic designs, which are still popular and used by many to this day.

 

Cone Chair 1958 by Verner Panton. Panton Chair 1960 – 1967.

Although Panton’s work was made during the Pop Art Design era he still had good design throughout his works. His designs did, eventually, become more ornamental along the way but still kept their functionality. During the late 60’s he went on a more psychedelic aspect in his designs  and with the inspiration from the “man on the moon” thing he was designing more confined spaces.

From looking at today’s designers, such as Karim Rashid I think that he draws inspiration from artists such as Verner Panton in his designs. Such examples can be seen in:

1970 Hukla Chair by Verner Panton

And

2010 Surf Sun Lounger by Karim Rashid

1971 Kleeblatt sofa by Verner Panton

And

21^st century Omni Sofa by Karim Rashid

1951 coloured tv introduced

1952 the Ant chair

1955 McDonalds founded

1956 grace Kelly marries prince Rainer III of Monaco / Velcro introduced

1958 hula hoops became popular / peace symbol created

1958 Verner Panton Cone Chair

1958 Swan and Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsene

1959 C1 Chair and Stool

1960 lasers invented

1960 Panton Chair Designed

1960 Peacock Chair

1961 Berlin wall built / JFK Gives "Man on the Moon" Speech

1962 Andy Warhol Exhibits His Campbell's Soup Can / Marilyn Monroe Found Dead

1963 JFK assassinated

1964 Beatles become popular in U.S.

1965 The Rolling Stones’ Mega Hit Song, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” / U.S. Sends Troops to Vietnam

1967 Panton Chair produced

1969 Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon / Rock-and-Roll Concert at Woodstock

1970 Amoebe Highback (l ahmar bill curve)

1970 Hukla Chair (il vjola)

1973 Two Level Seat

1974 Sitting Wheel

1974 Relaxer Chair

[online] Available at: http://www.dwr.com/category/designers/m-p/verner-panton.do?network=g&matchtype=b&device=c&gclid=CJ-Zwafr8bsCFUtP3godyhkAwg [Accessed on 7^th January 2014]

[online] Available at: http://theredlist.fr/wiki-2-18-393-1390-view-pop-design-profile-panton-verner-4.html [Accessed on 7^th January 2014]

Evad. May 2009. Colour Lovers: The Colours of Verner Panton. [online] Available at: http://www.colourlovers.com/home/blog/2009/05/18/the-colors-of-verner-panton [Accessed on 7^th January 2014]

[online] Available at: http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/sectional-sofas/karim-rashid-omni-sofa/id-f_449571/ [Accessed on 7^th January 2014]