Verner Panton, Wire Cone Chairs

VERNER PANTON (Denmark, 1926 - 1998).
Pair of "Wire Cone" armchairs.
Chromed metal.
Measurements: 75 x 76 x 66,5 cm.

Conceived as a variable of the "Cone Chair", the "Wire Cone" chair has, with its uncoated wire structure, a light and visually light appearance that gives it a unique look. Like the Cone Chair, it still maintains the conical shape in a precise and clear manner.

Originally designed for a Danish restaurant, the Cone Chair is shaped like a well-known geometric figure, the cone, to which it owes its name.

Verner Panton was one of the most influential Danish industrial designers of the late 20th century. He introduced the pop aesthetic into Scandinavian furniture. He attended the Technical School in Odense and then studied architecture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Between 1950 and 1952 he worked in the architectural studio of Arne Jacobsen. In 1955 he opened his own architecture and design studio. He became famous with his furniture based on geometric forms manufactured by the company Plus-linje. Panton's spatial compositions are renowned for fusing floors, walls and ceilings, as well as furniture, lamps, fabrics and enamel or plastic panels to form a spatial unity that is as seamless as it is indivisible. The Visiona halls at the Cologne Furniture Fair (1968 and 1970), the offices of the Spiegel publishing house (1969) and the Varna restaurant in Aarhus (1970) are some of the most outstanding examples. The collaboration between Panton and Vitra began in the early 1960s. With this company he develops his best-known design: the Panton chair, made from a single piece of injection molded plastic, introduced in 1967. It is represented at MOMA and major museums of decorative art and design.