Friday, July 29, 2005
And They Make Pretty Good Pastries Too
In FAB's book, when it comes to designing home furnishings, textiles, and mundane objects that push the boundaries of aesthetics, form, and function, nobody does it quite like the Danish. If you happen to be in New York City these days and you haven't spontaneously vaporized, check out Verner Panton: The Collected Works at the AXA Gallery. Panton integrated Beat philosophy and a hippy aesthetic with Scandinavian functionalism to all but redefine modernism.
