A Passion for Jean Prouvé: From Furniture to Architecture
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A Passion for Jean Prouvé: From Furniture to Architecture presents the Laurence and Patrick Seguin collection, co-published in 2013 by Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli and Galerie Patrick Seguin. The 280-page bilingual Italian–English volume surveys roughly forty pieces of furniture and architecture, from rare chairs and lighting to demountable houses such as the Aluminum Métropole House, with archival drawings, photographs, and documentation of the Turin exhibition.
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For design students, the book is a primary visual source on Prouvé's idea that constructing furniture and constructing a building follow the same logic. It is useful for studying metal construction, prefabrication, and the continuum between object and architecture. On a university reading list it belongs with French modernism, furniture history, and courses on industrial methods in design.
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