Jean Prouvé ‘Standard-SP’ dining chair for Vitra set/6

Seats are most heavily loaded on the back legs, which bear the weight of the person’s upper body on the chair. Engineer and designer Jean Prouvé illustrated this simple insight into his signature design for the Standard chair: tubular steel for the front legs is sufficient as they are relatively light loaded, but the rear legs are made of thick, hollow profiles that transfer the primary load to the floor. SP stand for ‘Siège en Plastique’.

This set of six ‘Standard-SP” chair has seat and back in black ASA acrylic the frame is metal black powder coated. the set had been designed early 1900s, but this set has been produced in 2013. Still in production. During World War II, Jean Prouvé responded to the limited supply of metal with a version made entirely of veneer and solid wood. So he did fit the design into the market of possibilities. This indicates the timeless design of the SP chair.