Brooklyn, NY
Details
- Dimensions
- 20ʺW × 23ʺD × 35ʺH
- Styles
- Scandinavian
- Space Age
- Seat Height
- 18.0 in
- Number of Seats
- 1
- Brand
- Vitra
- Designer
- Verner Panton
- Period
- Early 21st Century
- Country of Origin
- Denmark
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Fiberglass
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- White
- Condition Notes
- Excellent condition. Light surface wear possible but not apparent at this time. See photos. Excellent condition. Light surface wear possible but not apparent at this time. See photos. less
- Description
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Verner Panton for Vitra Glow Panton S chair, Luminescent, white, limited edition, on occasion of 50th anniversary. Listing is for …
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Verner Panton for Vitra Glow Panton S chair, Luminescent, white, limited edition, on occasion of 50th anniversary. Listing is for single chair. 1000 luminescent produced.
After several years of joint development by Verner Panton and Vitra, the Panton chair was finally ready for production in 1967 – as the first all-plastic cantilever chair to be manufactured in one piece. Created with a revolutionary production technique, the chair’s unique sculptural design was presented to the public for the first time at the imm Furniture Fa ir in Cologne in 1968. It rapidly came to symbolise an entire era. In 2018, 50 years after its launch, Vitra is issuing two limited editions of this iconic classic: Panton Chrome and Panton Glow. Vitra limited production of the “Glow” to 333 chairs which were sold in June 2018, the 50th anniversary of the first presentation of the chair to the public.
Verner Panton showed an ardent interest in innovative technologies, techniques and materials over the course of his lifetime. He worked with lighting, colour and luminous elements in many of his futuristic interiors.
For his legendary 1970 installation ‘Visiona 2’, in particular, he developed walls and ceilings that appeared to glow from within as a result of their layout and colour scheme, giving the room a psychedelic look. With this in mind, Vitra, in 2018, developed the Panton Glow in consultation with Verner’s wife Marianne Panton. In an elaborate process, five layers of a varnish containing phosphorescent pigments are carefully applied by hand to the raw polyurethane shell of the Panton Classic and sealed with a high-gloss protective coating. The luminous pigments absorb daylight and emit a blue glow in the dark. The almost ghostly appearance of Panton Glow in the obscurity of night has a somewhat mystical aura and sheds new light – quite literally – on this iconic classic. This listing is for a single chair. less
Brooklyn, NY
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