Today I walked by “SMYRNAKYRKAN” in Gothenburg. Thay have a lot of Verner Pantons small FLOWER POT LAMPS all over the place. They have red ones on the other side. They are unfortunatelly re-editions. I just give you a quick picture from my phone.
Verner Panton
PANTONAEF CROCODILE
This new PANTONAEF friend looks very hungry… It is 121 cm:s long and 25 cm tall.
CLOVER LEAF SOFA AT PRADA
Today I saw that Verpans version of the CLOVER LEAF SOFA seems to be out in the Prada stores: http://www.sfilate.it/154305/una-nuova-boutique-prada-nel-cuore-dello-shopping-moscovita/prada_mosca_stoleshnikov_int4 The sofa and some other objects will be shown at SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEL MOBILE 2012 in Milano, Italy.
1-2-3 CHAIR TO PANTONWORLD
Yesterday was a lucky day. A friend told me there was an original Panton 1-2-3 CHAIR from 1975 at an internet auction. It was almost no bids and I putted in a low one. I won this chair for 30 euros and the seller lived only 2 kilometers from where we live so here it […]
A SMALL MEMORY
I just found an old picture from my home before. Very round, very green…
A PIECE OF ART
Today I can show you a piece of art here at PANTONWORLD. This is VERNER PANTONS own original drawing from 1974 for one of his UFO LAMP prototypes. It is in scale 1:1 compared to the lamp and I will soon get the drawing totally flat and placed into a frame. (Sorry for the poor […]
A HOPE FOR OLD CARPETS
In my collection of Verner Panton carpets, I have one very large “WAVE”- carpet from MIRA-X wich have some spots of strong wear. It is almost in mint condition except for three spots where the previous owner had his slippers since 1973… ( I don´t think he had three feets but I don´t know what […]
THE LIVING SCULPTURE
If you are in Paris, do not forget to go here: http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Musee.nsf/Docs/534C1D988E0DD6CDC12579B2002D83D5?OpenDocument&salle=1N4S16=salle&Key=1N4&L=1
THE PHANTASY LANDSCAPE
If you are around Wolfsburg in Germany some day, do not forget to go here: http://www.kunstmuseum-wolfsburg.de/artists/59/Verner_Panton/
PANTON COLLECTOR IN GERMANY
Here we have another nice collection of VERNER PANTON pieces. This collector only looks for seatings by Panton. He sent me these pictures. As meantioned before, If you have any pieces or a whole collection by Panton, please send me an email and I can show them here so everybody else will see it. Enjoy!
TURQUISE MEDIUM STRIPE FABRIC
Today I received this piece of turquise “MEDIUM STRIPE” in thick cotton fabric. Mint condition! I will promise to not have it as a table cloth…
NEW RELEASE DATE FOR “DIE SPIEGEL KANTINE” BOOK
The date for releasing the book “Die Spiegel Kantine” has changed to june 2012. I really look forward to see it! By the way if you have missed it, this is how the new DER SPIEGEL publishing house looks like: