Very best Panton Chair Redesigns For Its 50th Anniversary

Nowadays everybody is aware Verner Panton for its popular chair style and design. The plastic chair built in one piece was the 1st products independently designed by Vitra. It arrived on the industry in 1967 and later on develop into an icon of furnishings style and design. Most of the time the chair manufacturing technological know-how was based on casting strategy working with rigid polyurethane foam. Even though with the progress in plastics technological know-how, the Panton Chair can be manufactured by injection mouldingn the material of polypropylene, which is completely recyclable. That make it significantly less high-priced and obtainable to wide public. The last version of the chair authorised by Verner Panton was made in collaboration with the designer at the stop of the 1990s.

In spring Vitra launched a nationwide Panton Chair Competitors. In the search for the ideal customized Panton Chair, architects and designers had been asked to implement their individual vision of the traditional icon. Right here are winners of the competition and some other designs we liked.