Jean Prouvé was a hacker

We went with Amandine to the opening of Jean Prouvé at the Design Museum kindly invited by Daniel Charny (by the way, Daniel has a new website modeled after the former one, but with some Electronest’s magics)

I was delighted by all what I saw; we noticed a couple of principles which were really catching our minds to organise a potential new house across a hill, to set a roof above a house in Africa – we had such a discussion with Amandine’s father a bit earlier this last August (this system let’s the air flow ‘inside’ the house, not sure if it would be nice nice here in UK, but at least under southern latitudes it makes a lot of sense) – the furniture principle and the kind of open spaces it was designed for were like echoes from the past of what we do like, I also liked the table’s structure and the chairs.
But what caught my attention and aroused my design-thirst was to discover his process of production and design – he was both: Designer and Manufacturer but from what I understood Jean Prouvé apparently never requested the job’s title of Engineer or Architect or Designer – he was just doing things, consciously:

Prouvé is also admired for his drive to develop, not only the aesthetic possibilities of aluminium and steel but also their economic and social applications.

‘Doing Things’ is maybe the most enjoyable description of the job we do. This reminds me of the parallel I draw a little bit earlier on the relationships between Martino Gamper and and Electronest ways of working.
Now I could draw possible connections in between those approach of the Doing: Jean Prouvé – Martino Gampers – Electronest (Hey! that’s quite a nice family of thought!)
It would be interesting to explore more of his work with the hacker’s process in mind and definitely, the exhibition will be worth another look!

The exhibition is open from 07 December to 25 March 2008