Panton Chair

In early 1950’s,  Danish designer Verner Panton (1926 – 1998) started experimenting with chairs that would have no rear legs. It took him a decade to complete the design of what has become one of world’s most iconic chairs: the Stacking Side Chair, which is now known as the Panton chair. Panton was fascinated with the opportunities materials such as plastic would give designers: the ability to have the whole item of furniture produced as a single-injection piece. Then he also experimented with how to get the chair stackable. The design for the cantilever-base plastic chair was completed in 1967. The first chairs were made in red, but more colours followed. Nowadays white Panton chairs are most popular. View more