A complete monograph on probably the most global’s such a lot influential and recognizable postwar designers
The uncompromising dangerous boy of postwar Danish layout, Verner Panton created enduring icons of popular culture, loved internationally. He broke with the Scandinavian custom of hand made teak-wooden fixtures to pioneer using plastic, fibreglass, artificial materials, and commercial mass manufacturing, and this completely researched and exhaustively illustrated ebook examines Panton’s flooring-breaking way to environments, techniques, styles and colour. Panton’s oeuvre is a really pioneering fulfillment, the huge-ranging affect of which continues to be felt as of late.
Containing a wealth of pictures, together with hand-drawn sketches by means of Panton, non-public images, and commercials from the authentic Panton archive, this monograph files the striking breadth of Panton’s paintings, from candlesticks and clocks to the seminal S Chair and Residing Tower, to overall flooring-to-ceiling interiors, encompassing textiles, lights, and furnishings.
This ebook is arranged thematically with Panton’s distinctive way to environments, techniques, and vividly illustrated styles, and includes a complete, illustrated chronology of Panton’s works, together with many unrealized initiatives.
