Magazine C Issue #1: Standard Chair

Magazine C Issue #1: Standard Chair – The debut issue of Magazine C explores Jean Prouvé’s Standard Chair, tracing its evolution from the 1934 Chair No. 4 to an enduring design icon shaped by functionality, practicality and structural clarity.

• Theme Jean Prouvé’s Standard Chair and its influence on design, lifestyle and contemporary ideas of standardisation
• Highlights the chair’s design evolution, Prouvé’s design philosophy, Vitra’s manufacturing process, and Standard Chairs in homes and spaces around the world
• Features five homes in Paris, New Jersey, Amsterdam, Seoul and Tokyo, an overview of Jean Prouvé’s life and design legacy, the history of the Standard Chair, Vitra classics, the chair’s assembly system, and contemporary interpretations of the idea of “standard”
• Interviews & contributors perspectives from Rolf Fehlbaum of Vitra, design scholar Patrick Seguin, Deyan Sudjic of the Design Museum, John Kuilman of On, Marco Fossi of the International Organization for Standardization, and others
• Publisher Grandeclip
• Publication date 21 October 2024
• Pages 192 pages
• Product size 17 x 24 cm
• ISBN 979-11-988070-2-1 (03600)

Beginning with a single iconic chair, Magazine C looks beyond the object itself to the people, industries and ideas surrounding it. Issue No. 1 presents the Standard Chair as both an everyday piece of furniture and a modern classic, revealing how Prouvé’s pursuit of utility, durability and thoughtful construction continues to resonate today.