The Curvacious Panton Chair: It Works Just About Anywhere (4 comments)

Somehow I've taken the "Hot Chairs" Ideabook I've been adding to for months and split it all apart. I realized that each iconic chair pops up in so many different designs within Houzz that they deserved their own feature. Today I'm going to give props to the Panton Chair, currently in production by Vitra.

In 1960 Vernor Panton designed this S-shaped chair, and with the assistance of Vitra developed a version ready for series production in 1967. It was the very first fully plastic chair made from a single section. Today this chair pops up EVERYWHERE, from The Real World Austin house to a chapel in Eastern Bohemia.*

Whether you have one or a rows and rows of them, these chairs always pack a punch. Their curvacious silhouettes work well with other curvy furniture or with sharp modern edges. They mix in with all sorts of other materials as well (quite an accomplishment for plastic, no?). Enough from me. I'll let the chair speak for itself in the photos below:

*check out the stunning St. Bartholomew's Church here: http://www.dezeen.com/2007/04/09/st-bartholomew%E2%80%99s-church-by-maxim-velcovsky/

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