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Verner Panton
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Verner Panton (1926-1998) is widely considered to be one of the worlds most influential 20th-century modern furniture, lighting and interior designers.
Verner Panton was born in Denmark but eventually settled in Switzerland where he met his wife.
During his career, he created some of the most innovative and futuristic space age designs in a variety of materials, especially plastic.
His most dazzling and rather trippy exposition took place on a boat in Germany.
Visitors where greeted by comforting and inviting womb-shaped caves, communal spaces, inviting curved furniture and air that was specially scented.
Verner Panton created many icons of modern design.
His most notable fine example is the Panton Chair, the first cantilevered chair made from a single piece of plastic.
The fluid organic shape of his creations was usually matched to very warm vibrant colors.
Some of the highlights by Verner Panton include the Panton Chair, the Panton VP-Globe,
the Panton Fun Lamps and the Panton Living Tower. All of the above are on display at Stardust.
Verner Panton and Space Age Design. Verner Panton was a founding father of what we now call Space Age Design, a sub category of design which was hugely popular in Europe
during the late 1960's and early 1970's, but received less recognition in the USA. Space Age Design featured smooth fluid organically shaped forms and the choice of material
was often plastic or fiberglass. Other notable Space Age Designers from this period include Eero Aarnio, Eero Saarinen and Irwin & Estelle Laverne to name just a few.
As it often happens to artists and designers, Verner Panton's design was forgotten for most of the late 20th century as if it was lost in time.
New design trends evolved during the late 1970's and early 1980's including anti-design and Memphis Design which broke entirely with the Space Age Design movement.
Like Vincent Van Gogh, there is a silver lining however. One of the turning points was the publication "L'Utopie Du Tout Plastique, 1960 ~ 1973" by Fondation pour l'Architecture in Brussels, Belgium.
During the span of several decades, Philippe Decelle together with Diane Hennebert and Pierre Loze
established some of the most dazzling collections of Space Age Design.
This brought sudden new interest to the genre. In the early 1990's Verner Panton's work was rediscovered by a group of young art dealers in London (Claudio Cottone) and Switzerland (Quadrophenia).
An online tribute was established by a young couple of art dealers in New York and Verner Panton received a long overdue
recognition for his mark on design history. Ever since, there has been a tremendous resurgence in interest in his work fueled
by big ticket price sales at Sotheby's, Christies, Phillips de Pury and Wright.
Vitra and VerPan re-edited most of his collection which is now available again.
Stardust is proud to be the official retailer of Verner Panton design.
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