NEW PANTON BOOK

A new Panton book with about 350 pages from Strandberg publishing in Copenhagen just came out. Since Pantonworld was contributing with ca 40 pictures + info, I planned to go there to meet Marianne Panton and others for the release venue. Then I realised I couldn’t get my scheduale together to have time for everything. […]

THE PIANIST CHAIR AT ASTORIA 1960

Some pictures of a really cool and early piece. This Cone Stool comes from the owner of Astoria Hotel in Trondheim 1960. It was used by the pianist in the “Appelsinen” dining lounge and you can see it in some pictures. The Astoria Hotel and Restaurant was Verner Panton´s first commercial interior. The foam is […]

NEW PANTONWORLD PICTURES

At last some time to take new pictures of the aubergine room with a real camera.

NEW BOBINETTE CURTAINS

These Bobinette Geometri curtains from 1960 are amongst my favorite Panton curtains. They are not easy to find and are often expensive if they come up.  I try to find enough of them to cover a 950 cm long window in the new house. This pair have a width of 320 cm together and with […]

ASTORIA CONE STOOL

Here comes a new important piece for the Pantonworld collection. This is the pianist´s Cone Stool at Hotel Restaurant Astoria 1960. It is one of the first versions of the stool with a small “keyhole” under the seat. You see the pianist sitting and playing on this chair in one of the pictures above. It […]