Verner Panton (1926 - 1998)
Vernon Panton is the most
remarkable innovative
talent of the 20th Century
in design and architecture.
His designs were constantly
brilliant. Near the end of the
1950s, his chair designs
became more and more
unconventional, with no
legs or discernible back.
The Stacking chair or S chair,
became his most famous and mass-produced design and
he was the first to create inflatable furniture, pioneered
with the much acclaimed single moulded plastic chair
and refused to accept gravity by creating the Flying Chair.
Verner was not obstructed by limitations that adults
incur throughout life. Instead, he though and created
with the imaginery vision of a child, in bold beautiful
colours and shapes.
Article Resource: Internet;
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- httpwww.whiterouge.comdetails_e_d.phpobject_ID=131
Books;
- The Design Encyclopedia, edited by Mel Byars, published
by The Museum of Modern Art
Philippe Patrick Starck (1949 - )
Philippe Starck was born in Paris on 18th January
1949 the son of an aircraft
designer. Even at a very
early age, Starck showed
much enthusiasm for
design. Products designed
by Starck can be seen on
display in the collections
of a number of European
and American museums.
Much of his work produced
in the 1980's and 1990's
was influenced by fashion and novelty. It has even been
referred to by some as being 'overdesigned'. In the 21st
century his approach to design seems to have changed.
Starck has recently said that honesty and integrity should
be at the core of design. Products should not be created as
'throw away artifacts', only surviving for as long as they
remain in fashion but should ideally have longevity and
durability. He believes that as designers we need to be
both honest and objective.
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