About Verner Panton

Verner Panton was born in 13^th feb 1926 – 5^th sep 1998. He is considered one of Denmark’s most remarkable innovative talent of 20^th century design and architecture. He went to Architectural studies at the Royal Academy of the Arts, Copenhagen. Later He marries Marianne in 1964 Basle and is blessed with a daughter Carin later in 1966.

During his career, he creates inflatable furniture, pioneered with the much single molded plastic chair in vibrant colours and refused to accept gravity by creating the flying chair.  The main purpose of his work is to provoke people into using their imagination. He says ‘Most people spend their lives living in dreary, grey-beige conformity, mortally afraid of using colours.’ By experimenting with lighting, colours, textiles and furniture and utilizing the latest technologies, he tries to show new ways, to encourage people to use their phantasy imagination and make their surroundings more exciting"

Near the end of the 1950s, his chair designs became more and more unconventional, with no legs or discernible back.