Vitra Standard chair, Prouvé Bleu Marcoule – oak

Vitra’s Standard Chair, designed by Jean Prouvé in 1934, has a unique metal structure inspired by Prouvé’s engineering background. Because most of the weight is carried by the chair’s back legs, Prouvé decided to place large, hollow steel legs on the back and slim ones on the front.

The vivid blue hue of the chair’s frame belongs to Jean Prouvé’s original color chart, which he developed himself. The name of the color, Bleu Marcoule, comes from a power plant in Marcoule, France, for which Prouvé designed blue-hued furniture in the 1950s. With its pleasantly shaped seat and backrest in oak plywood, the Standard Chair makes an excellent dining chair, and its design matches perfectly with Vitra’s EM Table, which was also designed by Prouvé.