COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Living Sculpture Sofa
Alternate Title:
Siège Living Sculpture
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
Verner Panton (Danish designer, 1926-1998)
Location:
repository: Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, Île-de-France, France) AM 1992-1-409
Location Note:
Place Georges-Pompidou
GPS:
+48.860653+2.352411
Date:
1970-1971 (creation)
Cultural Context:
European
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 2:
seat furniture
Classification:
furnishings
Material:
wood; wool textile; polystyrene; Polyether foam
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Measurements:
220 cm (height) x 510 cm (width) x 430 cm (depth)
Description:
Danish designer Verner Panton established his own practice in Copenhagen in 1955, working with many firms and furniture and fabric manufacturers. His interest was in a total design that included innovative environments. The Living Sculpture sofa, developed 1970-1971 for his own house in Basel, consists of nine polyurethane foam elements connected by a system of dowels and covered in a wool weave. Its unique design, both comfortable and playful, offers a new take on indoor habits and occupations. It was exhibited at the Cologne Furniture Fair in 1972. (Source: Centre Pompidou [website]; http://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Nine
Identifier:
8A1-PANTON-SLS-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Living Sculpture Sofa
