Jean Prouvé in London

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Jean Prouvé at the Design Museum in London.

The Design Museum in London is currently showing an exhibition on the French designer Jean Prouvé titled “Jean Prouvé: the poetics of the technical object”. The exhibition is the UK’s most comprehensive look at the designers influential work. It features both furniture and architecture projects explored through drawings, films and photographs. To accompany the exhibition, the design museum will be opening Maison Tropicale, a prototype house design by Prouvé on February 5th. originally designed in the 1950ies for Colonial West Africa. The house will be installed on the grounds of the Tate Modern. The exhibition will continue running until march 23rd, while the Maison Tropical will be on show until April 13.

Via Designboom (photos by: luke hayes)

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