Jean Prouvé (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pʁuve]; 8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructeur, blending architecture and engineering.

But with Jean Prouvé’s mass-production agenda attracting investors, he ultimately lost financial control of his tool of the trade. He refused to become just an ideas man in an office far from his machines: what drove him was the immediacy of feedback …

1917-1921 Jean Prouvé. Prentice years; 1924-1930 “Jean Prouvé, wrought iron craftsman”. Rue du Général Custine, Nancy; 1931-1947 “Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé”.

Jean Prouvé, mayor of Nancy, decorating General Sebree, liberator of the city, spring 1945. Military shelter erected in the garden of the family home, Rue d’Auxonne, Nancy, for the Prouvé children and their friends, ca. 1946.

Jean Prouvé was a French engineer and builder known particularly for his contributions to the art and technology of prefabricated metal construction. Trained as a metalworker, Prouvé owned and operated from 1922 to 1954 a workshop for the manufacture of wrought-iron objects.

Jean Prouvé (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pʁuve]; 8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructeur, blending architecture and engineering.

Jean Prouvé was born in Nancy, France in 1901, where he died in 1984. He is widely acknowledged as one of the twentieth century's most important and influential designers whose wide-ranging oeuvre combined bold elegance with economy of …

Oct 18, 2022 · Jean Prouvé was a self-taught architect and designer. He is considered a pioneer for having methodologically innovated the disciplines of design – from architecture to industrial design, structural engineering and furniture design – with projects that largely influenced the design developments of the 20th century.