Designed by the Danish designer Verner Panton in 1960 and finally put into series production by Vitra in 1967, the Panton Chair was the first single-material, fully injection-moulded cantilever chair in the world. Its S-shaped form, sculpted from a single continuous sweep of glossy polyurethane (later polypropylene), realised the mid-century dream of a chair made from one material in one move — no legs, no joints, no upholstery. Its saturated primary colours, ergonomic spring, and organic curve earned it permanent collection status at MoMA, the V&A, and the Vitra Design Museum, while the Designmuseum Danmark in Copenhagen holds one of the most complete Panton archives anywhere.

Exhibition Venue

Designmuseum Danmark

Copenhagen, Denmark