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Panton Chair

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Space Age

Panton Chair

Verner Panton, 1960

History

The first chair moulded from a single piece of plastic, Panton's cantilevered S-curve was a technological gamble that took years to manufacture and became an icon of 1960s optimism.

Movement

Space Age

Year / Era

1960 · 1960s

Materials

Molded Plastic

Style

Pop / Futurist

Licensing

Editorial / Attribution

View at Vitra / Wikimedia
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