|
Because of the relatively high tooling costs for the plastic seat, a production volume of 30,000 a year was planned. Customer reaction was astounding: after initial hesitation the PantonSwing established itself as an ergonomic chair for dynamic sitting at school, with the result that today four different sizes are available for the seat, to cover pupils of all sizes, from the smallest to the biggest. With production of over 300,000 a year the PantoSwing is today the most successful chair in Europe for schools. The popularity of the PantoSwing encouraged Verner Panton and VS to develop further versions, initially in the form of a height-adjustable revolving chair with a two-dimensional tilting mechanism, the PantoTurn. The tilting mechanism has now been improved further, so that its three-dimensional mechanism allows sideways movement as well as forwards and backwards. As a result the PantoTurn was renamed PantoMove, because the ability to move in all directions is the special feature of this chair and enables it to meet the criteria of Prof. Morscher for the ideal school chair.
|