What is Pop Art?
Pop Art developed independently in the mid-1950s in the USA and England and was also a both joyful and critical post-war response to the past and present. The name Pop Art stands for English popular art and means popular, folk art. This art movement reached its peak in the 1960s, when legendary furniture designers like Verner Panton experimented with plastic. The motifs of Pop Art are mostly taken from everyday culture, advertising and the media. Artistically high-quality comics experienced a heyday. Pop artists demanded reality through clearly defined objects, while posters and paintings were designed flat without depth, while details were often framed with black lines. Well-known representatives of Pop Art are Richard Hamilton (England) as well as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein (both USA).
Pop Art and furniture design
After the visual arts in the 1960s, Pop Art began to influence product design in color and form. Pop Art furniture was created with extraordinary designs, geometric shapes and bright colors. The predominant basic idea of the functionalism of a piece of furniture moved into the background, in order to let playful elements take precedence and also to give expression to the new reality of life. Some designs are ambivalent between emotional and functional, rather cool motifs. Pop Art furniture has an unmistakable style, signaling courage and self-confidence.
Living in Pop Art
Living in exclusively colorful Pop Art is restless - but can be perfectly complemented and softened by elements in black or white. Rooms that are used or viewed for a few hours a week, such as the bathroom, the kitchen or the bedroom, on the other hand, also appeal through pop ideas or excessive decoration. Furnishing yourself in a trendy way with old or modern classics - this can also be done with rather puristic furniture with a colorful covering fabric, such as the Mariposa sofa by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby or with colorful stackable chairs by Vitra. The Vitra HAL series, the NAP chairs by Fritz Hansen, and the Kartell AI 4-piece set are vintage. Some models in the store are also weatherproof for the garden or terrace.
Pop Art furniture, lamps and pictures in the pro office store
Panton developed the chair named after him to series production readiness in 1967. Panton did not like wood and other natural materials. His mission was to produce designer furniture made of plastic. The Vitra Amoebe Lounge Chair by Verner Panton was created in the course of the famous Visiona installation in 1970, highlight of the IMM Cologne. Also the table lamp Artemide Nessino in orange by Giancarlo Mattioli won first prize in the Milan Design Competition in 1965 under the name "Nesso". The table lamp Artemide Onfale Medio by Luciano Vistosi is a design classic made of mouth-blown opal glass reminiscent of a mushroom. Pop Art elements and furniture are a beautiful decoration even for classically furnished living rooms. For example, the Knoll Diamond Chair and the Knoll Bertoia chair with colorful cover fit into any environment. As a picture, the Fine Art Print "Love" reminds of this period of art. The Vitra Uten.Silo by Dorothee Becker from 1969 and 1970 is also attributed to Pop Art.
