"The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination.
Most people spend their lives housing in dreary,
grey-beige conformity,mortally afraid of using colours.
By experimenting with lighting, colours, textiles and furniture and utilizing the latest
technologies,I try to show new ways, to encourage
people to use their phantasy and make their surroundings more exciting."
Bio:
(1926-1998), trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, and initially worked at Arne Jacobsen´s architectural practice. He established his own design office in 1955. Panton is credited with the design of the very first single-form injection- moulded plastic chair: the Stacking Chair, designed in 1960. Some of Panton’s other renowned chair designs include the Heart Chair, and the Cone Chair, designed in 1958 and 1959, respectively.
Danish architect and designer.
Born 13.Februar 1926 in Gamtofte, DK
Died 5.September 1998 in Copenhagen, DK
Education:
Odense Technical School, DK
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen, DK
Studies in various European
countries 1953-55
Independent architect and designer since 1955
Visiting professor for industrial Design, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach, D 1984
Designs:
Furniture,lamps,carpets,curtains, upholstery fabrics,wall decorations, watches,clothes, accessories, etc.
Buildings:
Cardboard house, DK 1957
‘Komigen’ Inn, DK 1958
Spherical house, DK 1960
Plastic house, DK 1960, etc.
Exhibitions:
Dansk Köbestävne, DK 1958
Bayer exposition ships Visiona O + II,
Cologne, D 1968,1970
Musée des Arts Décoratifs,
Louvre F 1969,
Museum für Angewandte Kunst,
Cologne, D 1994
«Farbräume» Littmann Kulturprojekte,
Basel CH 1996
Trapholt Museum, Kolding DK, 1998
Design Museum, London GB, 1999, etc.
Interiors:
Astoria Hotel, Trondheim, N 1960
Spiegel Publishing House, D 1971
Junior Casino, D 1973
Gruner + Jahr Publishing House,
Hamburg D 1974
Circus Building, Copenhagen DK 1984,
Erco Lighting, London, GB 1997, etc.
Memberships:
Medlem Akademisk Arkitektforening, DK
Danske Arkitekters Landsforbund, DK
Industrielle Designer, DK
Schweizerischer Werkbund, CH
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, GB
Awards:
Rosenthal Studio Prize, D 1966
PH - Prize, DK 1967
International Design Award,
USA 1963,1968,1981,
Eurodomus 2, I 1968
Medal of Austrian Building Centre, A 1968
Price of Honour, Fourth Vienna
Int. Furnishing Salon, A 1969
3 Federal Price «Gute Form»,
D 1972,1986
Möbelprisen, DK 1978
Deutsche Auswahl, D 1981,1982 (twice),
1984,1985,1986
Sadolin Colour Prize, DK 1986
Danish Design Council Annual Award,
DK 1991
IF - Prize, Japan 1992
Norwegian Design Award,
N 1992 Bo Bedre Prize, DK 1998
Most people spend their lives housing in dreary,
grey-beige conformity,mortally afraid of using colours.
By experimenting with lighting, colours, textiles and furniture and utilizing the latest
technologies,I try to show new ways, to encourage
people to use their phantasy and make their surroundings more exciting."
Bio:
(1926-1998), trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, and initially worked at Arne Jacobsen´s architectural practice. He established his own design office in 1955. Panton is credited with the design of the very first single-form injection- moulded plastic chair: the Stacking Chair, designed in 1960. Some of Panton’s other renowned chair designs include the Heart Chair, and the Cone Chair, designed in 1958 and 1959, respectively.
Danish architect and designer.
Born 13.Februar 1926 in Gamtofte, DK
Died 5.September 1998 in Copenhagen, DK
Education:
Odense Technical School, DK
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen, DK
Studies in various European
countries 1953-55
Independent architect and designer since 1955
Visiting professor for industrial Design, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach, D 1984
Designs:
Furniture,lamps,carpets,curtains, upholstery fabrics,wall decorations, watches,clothes, accessories, etc.
Buildings:
Cardboard house, DK 1957
‘Komigen’ Inn, DK 1958
Spherical house, DK 1960
Plastic house, DK 1960, etc.
Exhibitions:
Dansk Köbestävne, DK 1958
Bayer exposition ships Visiona O + II,
Cologne, D 1968,1970
Musée des Arts Décoratifs,
Louvre F 1969,
Museum für Angewandte Kunst,
Cologne, D 1994
«Farbräume» Littmann Kulturprojekte,
Basel CH 1996
Trapholt Museum, Kolding DK, 1998
Design Museum, London GB, 1999, etc.
Interiors:
Astoria Hotel, Trondheim, N 1960
Spiegel Publishing House, D 1971
Junior Casino, D 1973
Gruner + Jahr Publishing House,
Hamburg D 1974
Circus Building, Copenhagen DK 1984,
Erco Lighting, London, GB 1997, etc.
Memberships:
Medlem Akademisk Arkitektforening, DK
Danske Arkitekters Landsforbund, DK
Industrielle Designer, DK
Schweizerischer Werkbund, CH
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, GB
Awards:
Rosenthal Studio Prize, D 1966
PH - Prize, DK 1967
International Design Award,
USA 1963,1968,1981,
Eurodomus 2, I 1968
Medal of Austrian Building Centre, A 1968
Price of Honour, Fourth Vienna
Int. Furnishing Salon, A 1969
3 Federal Price «Gute Form»,
D 1972,1986
Möbelprisen, DK 1978
Deutsche Auswahl, D 1981,1982 (twice),
1984,1985,1986
Sadolin Colour Prize, DK 1986
Danish Design Council Annual Award,
DK 1991
IF - Prize, Japan 1992
Norwegian Design Award,
N 1992 Bo Bedre Prize, DK 1998
