Series "Aspiring Masterpieces" No.81 Dries Van Noten, a collaboration of old and new color wizards.

The Pantone chair, made of one-piece molded plastic, was completed by Danish designer Werner Pantone in 1960 after more than 10 years of trial and error. The low-cost, mass-producible plastic was a strong antithesis to old-fashioned Scandinavian design, which demanded only skilled craftsmanship.

Werner's talent was not limited to products. He also excelled at spatial design, and his unprecedented use of color had a profound influence on mid-century design.

I was inspired by that worldview.DRIES VAN NOTEN. . as you know, he is a modern-day color magician.

The Pantons' ingenuity allowed Doris to freely combine and resize archival pieces - blousons, shirts, and pants in the wave-like gradations and body parts that symbolize the mid-century era.

Why did the Pantons make such a big play?

As evidenced by his creation of the Pantone chair, Werner was a maverick in the industry. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Werner began working in the office of Arne Jacobsen, but soon became independent. He was literally a heretic.

Doris, on the other hand, has distanced herself from the fashion world and still lives in Antwerp, where she was born and raised. She has established a solid style with her design work that is not influenced by anything.

. No wonder the Pantons saw in Doris the image of the late Panton.