prouvé collection update

The Frenchman Jean Prouvé ranks among the most versatile and innovative minds of the 20th century. From letter openers to door and window hinges, lights, furniture, façade elements, prefabricated houses, modular construction systems to large trade fair and exhibition constructions, his work includes almost everything that can be designed and requires an industrial manufacturing method.
Vitra produces Jean Prouvé’s furniture since 2001. In cooperation with the Prouvé family and the Dutch designer Hella Jongerius, the colour palette of the entire product family was given a makeover in 2013. Reserved but contemporary shades give the Prouvé classics a fresh new image. “My father never used primary colours but preferred a sophisticated palette of shades. Of course – he was the son of a painter,” Catherine Prouvé said.