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In the pink

1. LIGHTING Boris Klimek’s Lasvit Lollipop pendants in hand-blown glass. Available in four sizes and seven colours, from $6705. livingedge.com.au

2. LOUNGE CHAIR Fredericia Furniture special edition Spanish Chair by Børge Mogensen, in deep red saddle leather, $11,950. greatdane.com.au

3. DINING CHAIR Pedrali Tribeca 3665 outdoor dining chair in salmon pink, $480. robertplumb.com.au

4. SIDE TABLE ‘TOMO’ by Yokozeki Ryota, crafted from polypropylene made from recycled waste. Available in two colourways, $195. papaya.com.au

5. CUSHION Better World Arts cushion by Damien and Yilpi Marks, $75. koskela.com.au

6. LOUNGE Kartell Largo Sofa with right ottoman in cardinal red velvet, $8640. spacefurniture.com

VERNER PANTON

&Tradition’s Flowerpot table lamp comes in a wide range of colours, and in the standard corded version as well as a new rechargeable model

Design classics

DAVID MEAGHER

erner Panton is considered something of an enfantV terrible of Danish design for his radical use of materials, techniques and colours in the objects he created. His designs went in the opposite direction of most of his Danish colleagues, who were strongly influenced by traditional crafts. After graduating from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Panton went to work with the renowned Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen, before establishing his own studio in 1955. In 1960 he created a revolutionary single-form injection-moulded plastic chair – now simply known as the Panton Chair – which has an organic shape that echoes the curves of the human body and came in a range of bright colours. The chair is arguably his most famous design and was synonymous with the flower power movement of the era. As was the aptly named Flowerpot collection of lights. The light, which was designed in 1968, comes in a pendant or table lamp and is made from two half-spheres that face each other. The lamps are now produced by the Danish company &Tradition and come in an updated wide range of colours. As well as the traditional corded lamp, there is a new portable (rechargeable) version – an innovation that is making its way into a lot of classic lamp designs.