Objects Jean Prouvé Standard Chair

While an original piece of Jean Prouvé might be on the dream list, there’s a neat way of enjoying the designers elegant lines and focus on engineering in the shape of a Standard SP office chair made in robust plastic by Vitra.

It’s a smart design with steel tubing making up the front legs while the voluminous back legs feature hollow sections which effectively support the body and disperse pressure onto the floor. What’s makes this ergonomic design even more inviting is the opportunity to choose the colourways including mint green, Japanese red, ecru and citrine yellow. During the war, due to plastic shortages, Prouve manufactured the model in wood and that model is available too.

Standard in this case, does not have to mean dull. From £479.