Today I unwrapped the big box that came yesterday and here you can see what it was. A Pantonova Coat Stand made by Lüber in 1971. This is the chromed version and in my eyes the best looking one.
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VERNER PANTON WEG
At last! Verner has now got a road of his own. The “Verner Panton-weg” is close to the Vitra designmuseum in Weil Am Rhein, Germany. Marianne Panton was there to open it (see the picture). You can read more about it here: http://www.vitra.com/en-us/collage/architecture/verner-panton-weg/
SOME PANTON MEMORIES
Geometri 1 fabrics on the walls. Probably a fair in at the company Ahrend in Holland 1962/63. Dutch architects visiting MIRA-X in Hannover. Hannover. My friend with his cool tie! MIRA-X fair in Hannover.
OPENING OF THE VARNA RESTAURANT 1971
Marianne and Verner Panton at the opening of Varna restaurant 1971. The restaurant. I guess the balls didn´t smell that good after some years of heavy smoking in there… You don´t see these thick velour dresses so often these days…
MIRA-X PARTY
Velcome to a real MIRA-X party! (MIRA-X is the swiss company that made the biggest part of all Verner Panton fabrics). These pictures comes from a party 1985 in Hamburg. Where is that horse-dress now???
SOFT LINE ARMCHAIR TO A GERMAN COLLECTOR
Here comes some pictures from a German fellow collector. He collects only furnitures. He just recently bought this purple armchair from the SOFT LINE SERIES made for the VISIONA 2 exhibition in Cologne. A really cool piece! (There is a SITTING WHEEL in the foreground).
JULIAN IN PANTONWORLD
Finally, Julian came home from hospital…
JULIAN
The biggest news today is not about Panton… Today, our son Julian arrived! He was pretty big. 4,8 kilos and 52 cm:s long. I hope he will have a happy life together with his older brothers Leo and Otis in Pantonworld. Welcome!
LARGE CURVE IN MULTICOLOUR
This enormous piece of multicoloured velvet fabric just arrived to Pantonworld. I used to have 5 curtains like this “Large Curve” before but sold them. I missed them a bit so when this big piece came around, I had to buy it. Here you can see my old ones: This was was my 4:th colour […]
SOME NEW PANTONAEFS
Here you can see some new PANTONAEF built for wall use.
PANTON IN DENMARK
I just got this picture from a collector in Denmark. A nice original Lüber SP3 in chrome!
ANYONE LOOKING FOR BAUHAUS PIECES?
I have been contacted by a man that would like to sell a large and rare collection of BAUHAUS pieces. Furnitures, lamps, books, photos and much more. Marcel Breuer is one of the artists within this collection. If this sounds interesting to you or your nearest museum, please send me an email. I have a […]