Panton Heart Cone Chair Anniversary Edition Vitra

Vitra and Verner Panton Design AG are releasing a limited edition of the Heart Cone Chair in a duo-tone colourway — blue and purple — bringing fresh vitality to one of the designer’s most expressive silhouettes

The story of the Heart Cone Chair begins in 1957, when Panton was commissioned by his father to design an extension for Kom Igen restaurant at Langesø Park in Denmark.

Given complete creative freedom, Panton designed everything — textiles, carpets, lighting, furniture, staff uniforms and menus. Among the pieces he created for the project was the Cone Chair: a padded, curved shell forming seat, backrest and armrests in the shape of an inverted cone.

Panton Heart Cone Chair. blue Panton Heart Cone Chair 6

The Heart Cone Chair followed shortly after, its broad heart-shaped backrest adding comfort, ease of movement and a distinctly sculptural profile to the concept.

The design reflects Panton’s central preoccupation with geometry and his ambition to unite functionality with emotional presence. Both chairs quickly entered the canon of modern design.

In the early 1960s, Vitra began working with Panton on what would become the Panton Chair — a cantilever chair moulded from a single material in one piece. That collaboration has continued through successive generations. Today, Vitra maintains a close relationship with the Panton family and works in partnership with the rights holder Verner Panton Design AG to preserve and develop selected works from his body of work.

The anniversary edition Heart Cone Chair is finished in two contrasting colours — blue front, purple back — accentuating the chair’s sculptural form. It is part of a wider centenary programme from Vitra and the Vitra Design Museum, encompassing exhibitions, new fabric and leather editions, further limited releases, and the reissue of one of Panton’s most playful designs.

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Verner Panton, 1958/2026