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Verner Panton (13 February 1926 – 5 September 1998) is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers.During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially plastics, and in vibrant and exotic colors.
Sino Images - Getty Images. ... First designed for MoMA’s 1948 International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design, this type of chair set a new standard for (relatively) inexpensive ...
Atomic Age furniture design strived for modernity with bright colors, round, organic designs, and a common use of plastics and metals. The spherical and rounded motifs in tables, chairs, lamps, doors, and countless others were derived from the atom, continuing to establish its place as an icon for the technological advancements of the time.
The Panton Chair (Danish: Pantonstolen) is an S-shaped plastic chair created by the Danish designer Verner Panton in the 1960s. The world's first moulded plastic chair, it is considered to be one of the masterpieces of Danish design. The chair was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon. [1]
The Tulip chair was designed by Eero Saarinen in 1955 and 1956 [1] for the Knoll company of New York City. [2] The designs were initially entitled the 'Pedestal Group' before Saarinen and Knoll settled on the more organic sounding 'Tulip chair' to mirror its inspiration from nature. [ 3 ]
Modern furniture refers to furniture produced from the late 19th century through the present that is influenced by modernism. Post-World War II ideals of cutting excess, commodification, and practicality of materials in design heavily influenced the aesthetic of the furniture. It was a tremendous departure from all furniture design that had ...
The Danish Culture Canon credits Thorvald Bindesbøll (1846–1908) with early contributions to design in the areas of ceramics, jewellery, bookbinding, silver and furniture although he is known in the rest of the world for creating the Carlsberg logo (1904), still in use today. [1]
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