Best remembered for his psychedelic colours and designs from the 1960s, Panton had a long career, which started with an assistant position for Arne Jacobsen between 1950 and 1953 where Panton was responsible for the first colour scheme for the Ant chair. After opening his own design studio in 1955, Panton created everything from early inflatable furniture, carpets and lamps to the radical Cone wire chair. In the early 1960s Panton moved to Basel and when the rest of the world caught up with his vision colour, new materials and soft wall surfaces he rose to great fame. His most well known chair, simply called The Panton Chair, went into production in 1967 and is now reissued by Vitra in a new, low cost plastic. His Panthella lamp for Louis Poulsen is also in production. Panton worked intensely up until 1998 and some of his last designs have only recently been launched.