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25th January 1970 Visiona 2 Verner Panton Cologne
Architecture | 25.01.2014

(smow) blog Design Calendar: 25th January 1970 - Visiona 2 by Verner Panton Opens in Cologne

"Wood will be driven out of living spaces; even metal and glass, although much newer in domestic situations, are losing their importance. Plastics are on the advance....."1 What had caused the German magazine Stern to pronounce in February 1970 so unequivocally on the future of home furnishings? Stern had seen Verner Panton's Visiona 2 exhibition at Cologne Furniture Fair. And knew it had seen the future. "It is certain that a new age is rolling through our homes. What is coming is not just

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