Verner Panton 'S' Chair Faithfully reproduced by Pash A single, fluid sweep of moulded plastic. First appearing in 1968, the S chair has something of its era’s Space Age aesthetic but also has an elegant appeal that works in all kinds of home and office settings. It was created as an answer to a design brief for a stackable plastic chair but its genius lies in the cantilever effect that perfectly balances your bodyweight. It is a chair in which you sit upright but very comfortably indeed. Making use of the possibilities of moulded plastic, our S Chair is offered in a dazzling range of colours including black, blue, green, orange, pink, red, white and yellow. The rigid shell is manufactured to very high standards and is very strong. This is a capital S. Verner Panton is one of the iconic designers of the last century. He was made famous for designing a cardboard house and creating the 'Panton Chair' for Vitra. His designs are still influencing designers and architects today and are hugely popular.

Verner Panton studied Architecture at the Royal Art Academy in Copenhagen. Amongst several acclaims in the design and architecture world, designing the interior for the Spiegel publishing house in Hamburg ranks highly. From the organic shapes of the Panton and Amoebe chairs to the ecliptic Flowerpot Pendant Light - Panton's designs are fantastically fun, colourful and contemporary. All verner panton at nest.co.uk Price – low to high Price – high to lowThink of great designers; think of Le Corbusier – even his name is stylish! But what about his furniture? The Panton stacking chair, or "S" chair, is officially the sexiest chair ever made. It has appeared on the cover of Vogue (well, Kate Moss was in the picture too. All right, so she was naked) and it featured in a 1970s article in which a model demonstrated how to undress in front of your husband. The S has become such a classic piece of furniture and has been so widely copied that it's hard to understand just how revolutionary it was when it first appeared.

Its designer, Verner Panton, had the idea in 1960, on a visit to a factory making safety helmets and buckets, according to the Design Museum. But it would be several years before he could find a manufacturer who was able to mass produce it. Made from a single piece of cantilevered plastic with no back legs, it was the first of its kind. "The design was very difficult to work on," says Joanna Moore from Vitra, the Swiss company that still holds the licence to make them. "Many manufacturers just refused to get involved with it but Vitra was willing to work with Panton to develop his idea. "Once it had been put into production, the chair was very well received and became very popular. It's still very popular today, partly because of its organic shape and also because of its great history." Panton was a master of the futuristic 1960s design which became known as the Pop movement. Born in Denmark, he joined the Resistance during the Second World War and spent several months in hiding after a cache of weapons was found in his bedroom.

After studying with another legend of design, Arne Jacobsen, Panton created the Cone chair in 1959. dental chair price in uaeSo many people gathered to see it in a New York shop window that the police ordered it be removed. wheelchair vans for sale in njHe then moved on to make the first inflatable furniture and, in 1967, the S was born.wedding chair covers in lancashire Panton fell out of fashion during the 1970s but then, in the 1990s, the S was in vogue – literally – as mid-century modern became fashionable again. table and chair rental gainesville txHe won more awards and the chair was put back into production. armchair for sale cheshire

He was invited to design an exhibition in his honour in Copenhagen in 1998 but died 12 days before it opened.patio chairs for sale pretoria Today Vitra produces the S in a rainbow of colours, although purists will say it looks best in white, black or red. cheap chair hire blacktownIn 2003, Vitra started making a perfectly scaled-down children's version too. chair covers hire wirral"Panton came up with the children's model right at the start but it was felt that it wasn't commercially viable at the time so it was never put into production," says Moore.rattan hanging chair singapore The polypropylene version retails for £180.95 and the new season's colours include tangerine, ice grey and chartreuse.

) was groundbreaking due to its fibreglass reinforced plastic seat. ) costs just £59 Made of steel arches and copper 'leaves', this original (left, from nest.co.uk) was designed by Henningsen 58 years ago for Copenhagen restaurant Langelinie Pavilion, where versions still hang. It is available for £5,445. The lookalike (right) is available for just £200 from vertigo-interiors.co.uk Inspired by street lights, Castiglioni's arched 1962 design (left, conranshop.co.uk) featured in the 1971 Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. The designer version can be bought for £1,425. The lookalike (right) is available for just £195 from iconiclights.co.uk Created in 1958 in Copenhagen, this chair (left) was made famous by reality TV show Big Brother (conranshop.co.uk). It would set you back £5,004, but the lookalike (right) is available from pash-living.co.uk for just £399 This fun shade (left, from cloudberryliving.co.uk) was created by the Danish designer in the Sixties and named in homage to the 'flower power' movement.

) was created by Charles' wife Ray in 1953 to encourage children to hang up their belongings tidily. It can be bought for £199 for a snip at just £29 The Irish designer's work (left, from aram.co.uk) was hugely popular in stylish French homes in the early 20th century. The original design can be bought for £489, but the lookalike version (right) can be bought for just £60 from vertigo-interiors.co.uk Now over 60 years old, it was created to allow parents to sit in comfort and rock their babies to sleep . Italian-American Bertoia said this chair, from the Fifties, looked like it was 'made of air, like sculpture'. The original (left) is available from conranshop.co.uk for £1,668, while the lookalike (right) can be picked up for just £69 from stonebutterfly.co.uk With slats to let light through, this stylish bench was created by the American designer in 1946. The original (pictured) is available from nest.co.uk for £538 Charles Eames designed this leather and plywood chair for his friend, Hollywood film director Billy Wilder, in 1956.

The original design (pictured) is available from wharfside.co.uk, for £5,100 The design was intended to resemble the 'warmth, familiarity and comfort of a well-worn baseball mitt'. The lookalike (pictured) can be picked up for £749 from pash-living.co.uk Invented by Japanese-American sculptor Noguchi in the Forties, the glass top balances on two solid wooden legs. The original design (pictured) is available from nest.co.uk for £1,323 While originals are still available thanks to the table's sturdy construction, a lookalike version (pictured) is also available from stonebutterfly.co.uk for just £145 Created in 1960, this was the first chair made from a single piece of plastic. Meanwhile, the lookalike can be bought for £59 from pash-living.co.uk This versatile unit from 1967 features at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. , while the lookalike (right) costs £85 from next.co.uk This iconic clock brought modern design into Fifties American homes. for £239, but the lookalike (right)will set you back just £44.99, from vertigo-interiors.co.uk