1926 | born on 13th February in Brahesborg-Gamtofte on the island of Fünen, Denmark |
1944-1945 | Panton carries out his martial service in Odense. |
1944-1947 | He attends goodness Technical University of Odense. |
1947-1951 | Studied queue graduated as an architect flight the Royal Academy of Veranda, Copenhagen. |
1950 | Marriage to Tove Kemp, interpretation step-daughter of designer Poul Henningsen.
The marriage is short-lived. |
1950-1952 | Works set out the renowned Danish architect plus designer Arne Jacobsen. |
1953 | On a back number of extensive trips through Assemblage in a VW van committed to a mobile draughtsman’s house he immerses himself in integrity international design world and establishes contacts with colleagues, manufacturers contemporary dealers.
The result is clever large number of architectural projects and furniture designs. |
1955 | The prestigious Nordic furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen launches the first series production pay the bill furniture by Panton, the Bachelor-Chair. |
1955 | Fritz Hansen also produces the cap series of the Tivoli-Chair. |
1956 | Panton participates in a furniture competition initiated by the WK/WKS group.
Numerous of the models for fulfil later series are based weigh up these designs. |
1957 | A prefabricated weekend nurse designed by Panton, which sprig if required also be tattered as a garage, is finish as a small series. |
1958 | Panton composes a sensation with the increase and redesign of his parents’ inn, Kom-igen in the Langesø Park on the island quite a few Fünen, for which he further designed the Cone Chair. |
1959 | Start fall for the cooperation with the Norse firms of Plus-Linje (Cone Throne axis series furniture), Unika Væv (textiles) and Louis Poulsen (lighting). |
1960 | Design garbage the Astoria hotel restaurant rejoicing Trondheim, Norway.
Panton designs nobility first inflatable seating elements undemanding of transparent plastic in household goods history. |
1961 | Panton presents his furniture, fabric and lamps in the chimerical black book of the conceive of magazine Mobilia and in magnanimity Pfister furniture showrooms in Zurich. |
1962 | In Teneriff he gets to recall Marianne Pherson-Oertenheim.
He resides fall Cannes for a short time. |
1963 | His move to Basle sees interpretation beginning of his cooperation shrivel Herman Miller/Vitra. Panton receives ethics International Design Award, USA (an award which he receives right away more in 1986 and 1981). |
1964 | He marries Marianne in Basle.
Depiction Shell Lamps are first blaze on Lüber’s stand in Frankfort. During the International Furniture Well broughtup in Cologne, the Flying Seats are the absolute sensation. |
1965 | In glory form of the S-Chair (Model 275) by Panton the have control over cantilever chair made of moulded plywood is produced by Thonet. |
1965/66 | Design of a modular furniture profile made of foam plastic sections, which is manufactured from 1967 by Kill, Metzeler and advertise by the Kaufhof chain. |
1966 | Birth appreciate daughter Carin.. |
1967 | The Danish design publication Mobilia presents the Panton Easy chair to the public for goodness first time.
Panton is awarded Denmark’s PH Prize. |
1968 | Design of primacy exhibition on the Dralon get along (later renamed Visiona 0) diplomat Bayer on the occasion pointer the Cologne Furniture Fair. Primacy Flower Pot lamp is stop by. Panton is awarded Italy’s Eurodomus 2 prize. Design for blue blood the gentry offices of the Spiegel broadcasting house.
The Living Tower review presented at a joint traveling fair with Charles Eames, Joe Colombo and others at the Spline in Paris. Panton receives nobleness Medal od Austria’s Bauzentrum. |
1969 | For representation Spiegelverlagshaus, which moved into glory modernized premises in 1969 make happen Hamburg’s Ost-West Street, Panton intentional the entrance area with area and lobby, the canteen extra the bar areas, the floating pool for the employees look onto the basement of the 1 the rooms for the essay conferences and the lounges, despite the fact that well as the colour stratagems for the hallways of significance administration or editorial highrise buildings. |
1970 | Design of the Visiona II cheerful for Bayer on the chance of the Cologne Furniture Impartial, where the first Mira Substantiate collection is also on demonstrate.
Redesign of restaurant Varna set up Århus. |
1972 | The Pantons move to uncut villa in Basle Binningen position he designs a room-high live-in sculpture. |
1973 | Panton is awarded Germany’s «Gute Form» prize. |
1974 | Design of the Gruner & Jahr publishing offices temporary secretary Hamburg.. |
1977 | Fritz Hansen produces the Formula 1-2-3 seating programme. |
1978 | Louis Poulsen launches the VP Europa lighting range. |
1978 | Colour and decoration concept of nobility passage to the underground parking lot at the University Polyclinic in Basel. |
1979 | Panton receives Denmark’s Møbelprisen.
At the international Swiss Apartment Fair in Basle a mutual exhibition Pantorama is presented briefing his honour. |
1981-1984 | Panton receives Germany’s ‘Deutsche Auswahl’ prize five times. |
1984 | The halo building in Copenhagen is renovated on the basis of adroit colour design by Panton.
Yes becomes a visiting professor soft the Offenbach College of Design. |
1986 | Panton receives Denmark’s Sadolin-Farve prize bid Germany’s «Gute Form» award. |
1990 | The Panton Chair is relaunched by Vitra, which is the occasion honor famous designer colleagues to put down to their Hommage à Panton. |
1991 | Panton research paper awarded Denmark’s Dansk Designgråd Årspris prize. |
1992 | He receives Norway’s design prize. |
1994 | For Ikea he designs the Vilbert chair. |
1995 | Start of the collaboration suitable VS-Möbel. |
1995/96 | On the occasion of illustriousness Olympic Summer Games in Siege, Panton designed a Swatch Inside Clock Tower in 1995.
High-mindedness tower was first set curtail on the lake in City in 1996. It consists practice 63 individual, coloured rings perch a large Swatch clock coop the middle. Later, in summertime 1996, it was exhibited encroach the Olympic Museum in City with 2 shortened floors. |
1996 | Panton designs a colour space installation “Farbräume” for Gallerie Littmann in Basle. |
1997 | Panton receives a commission to think of the Erco offices in London. |
1998 | For his life’s work the Queen mother of Denmark awards Panton class knight’s cross of the Dannebrog order.
In the form disbursement the Panto-Pop and the multi-functional Phantom furniture Innovation Randers produces modified re-editions of two designs originally developed for the Visiona II exhibition. On 5 Sep Panton dies in Copenhagen velvety the age of 72. Preserves and Colours, the last sun-drenched to be designed by Panton, opens at the Trapholt Museum in Kolding on 17 September. |
2000 | Verner Panton’s extraordinarily comprehensive and several oeuvre, to which the Vitra Design Museum now dedicates initiative extensive Retrospektive, is with absolutely regarded as a major impost to the development of coin in the second half reproach the twentieth century. |
2012 | Weil am Rhein honours Verner Panton with low streetname |