Verner Panton was one of the most influential figures in design history, legendary for pushing the boundaries of form and materials in the 1960s and 1970s.
Born in Denmark in 1926, Verner Panton studied at the Odense Technical College before enrolling in the Architecture Department of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. From 1950 to 1952 he worked for Arne Jacobsen’s office before founding his own studio in 1955, dedicated to experimental architecture and design.
The iconic V-Chair 8800 was designed by Verner Panton in the 1950s and reproduced and updated by Fritz Hansen in the 1980s.
