Jean Prouve
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His bow to practicality endures that his designs are sought for. His standard chair that he designed for Vitra is an example of how he uses simple designs that ensure the longevity of the furniture while providing maximum comfort to the users. In the early 40’s he was attracted by wood as a building material and designed a series of tables using wood as the constructing material. He designed the various parts of the table and provided stability by using folded sheet metal to bind them together.
Jean Prouve designed a series of tables named Gueridon Bas Table, Trapeze Table, Em table, Granito Table, Compas Table and Gueridon Table. The design of the Trapeze Table prompted Le Corbusier to state that he had the soul of an artist and an engineer. This was originally designed for the Cite Universitaire at Antony. In addition to this he designed a series of armchairs, lounges, bar stools, cocktail tables, worktables, wall mounted shelving, storage spaces and wall and ceiling lamps.
Jean Prouve was well known for his sketches and he did a fair number of them of buildings in and around Paris. He was more interested in the practicality of the designs of various buildings. He was someone who knew how to combine creativity with entrepreneurship and work ethics. He combined handicrafts and industry, design and architecture and ever extending his experience. He was known for introducing the machine age and industry inspired designs.
Jean Prouve began working with aluminum and steel but then moved to all kinds of other materials. He was not just a designer. He was considered to be an engineer as well. He lived by a simple motto, “Never design anything that cannot be made”. He never was interested in designing an object for design’s sake. He was more interested in the essence of materials and how they would impact his design and what his deigns were going to be used for. 1950s saw him abandon his design based on modern engineering and concentrate on pre-fabricated buildings for the various refugees who came up as a result of the II World War.
His work, influenced the styles of Norman Foster and Renzo Piano, more popular designers, he is relatively unknown. His works are sought after by the connoisseurs, museums and hard core collectors but the general public has no idea about his brilliance. His designs for Vitra, a furniture company, however have become popular of late and furniture made with his designs is being auctioned off at Wright20.com. Vitra have also started reproducing his designs after obtaining permission from his estate.
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