Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Verner Panton

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a designer Verner Panton.
Last updated on November 23, 2024.
Verner Panton

Verner Panton is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers. During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially plastics, and in vibrant and exotic colors. His style was very "1960s" but regained popularity at the end of the 20th century. As of 2004, Panton's best-known furniture models are still in production.

The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination. Most people spend their lives in dreary, grey-beige conformity, mortally afraid of using colours. By experimenting with lighting, colours, textiles and furniture and utilizing the latest technologies, I try to show new ways to encourage people to use their phantasy and make their surroundings more exciting.
Choosing colours should not be a gamble. It should be a conscious decision. Colours have a meaning and a function.
One sits more comfortably on a colour that one likes. — © Verner Panton
One sits more comfortably on a colour that one likes.
The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination and make their surroundings more exciting.
Light and color are closely linked. The colors can make a crucial change in nature, if you switch from daylight to artificial light or just from strong to weak illumination. In addition, color perception is affected by the material structure. Even if a piece of textile can have the same color as a shiny enamel plate, then they will act completely different.
A failed experiment can be more important than a trivial design
You sit better on a colour that you like
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