Vitra - Heart Cone Chair

The Heart Cone Chair, designed by Verner Panton in the late 1950s,takes  its name from the expressive heart shaped silhouette of its seat shell. This chair combines a comfortably upholstered seat with an understated, elegant base made of satin stainless steel.                                                      

Verner Panton

Verner Panton’s passion for bright colors and geometric patterns was manifested in a wide range of textile designs. Fusing the elements of a room into an overall artwork (Gesamtkunstwerk). Panton’s internal installations have achieved legendary status. The most famous examples are the "Visiona" naval installations for the Cologne furniture fair (1968 and 1970), the Spiegel editorial office in Hamburg (1969) and the Varna restaurant in Aarhus (1970). The goal of the designer Verner Panton was to create a chair that gave the idea of growing out of the floor, that is, a chair transformed into something "more natural and organic, that never has four legs." From here, the Panton Chair takes up what is characteristic of Art Nouveau, or the direct inspiration to nature. In fact, thanks to its shape, the Panton chair is designed to follow the curves of the human body.

Vitra

Vitra is a Swiss company that produces furniture and interior design. Known for producing the works of important designers and architects.The headquarters are located in Weil am Rhein, Germany, where the famous Vitra Design Museum is also located.This story starts in the post-war years, when two Americans, both architects, Charles and Ray Eames, decided to help a furniture dealer.The collaboration led them to design and then produce masterpieces for interior design, which are still very current today.