Product Description: In 1969, the French oil company Total began implementing a mass-production model for its gas stations―large ones for France's freeways, and the smaller roadside units. The company called in Jean Prouvé, who had already amply demonstrated his skills in the field of prefabrication...read more

Product Description: Jean Prouvé designed "The Tropical House" in 1949 as a prototype for inexpensive, easily assembled housing to transport to France's African colonies. Fabricated in the designer's French workshops, the components for the house were completed in 1951 and flown disassembled to Africa...read more

Product Description: As a young man, Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) longed to become an engineer, but as his family could not afford the requisite training, at 15 he was apprenticed to a master blacksmith in Paris. Prouvé opened his own smithy in Nancy in 1923, and shortly thereafter produced his first furniture made from thin sheet steel...read more

Product Description: In the fields of design, architecture, and engineering, Jean Prouvé (1901–1984) is widely considered one of the most versatile and innovative designers of the 20th century. Yet surprisingly, only a relatively small number of collectors and cognoscente outside France are familiar with his work...read more

Product Description: Jean Prouvé (1901 1984) ist einer der außergewöhnlichsten Ingenieure des 20. Jhs. Seine Konstruktionen und Erfindungen in den Bereichen der industriellen Fertigung, Vorfabrikation oder Anwendungen neuer Materialien wie Aluminium und Wellblech sowie seine Design-Entwürfe üben heute noch auf viele Architekten und Ingenieure einen bedeutenden Einfluss aus...read more