The Prouvé RAW collection by G-Star for Vitra made it's US debut during New York Fashion Week at Vitra's showroom in the Meatpacking District. Looking something like a designer skate park, the pieces are presented museum-style mounted to angled surfaces which elevate the furniture to eye height allowing visitors to get up close and appreciate construction details that would otherwise easily be missed.

G-Star's contemporary update to seventeen Jean Prouvé classics launched earlier this year at Art Basel and while we're the first to be skeptical when a fashion company takes on furniture, this collection plays to the strengths of both brands and is an extremely well executed tribute the French designer's legacy. Nine pieces from the collection are available for pre-order in the States, and will go on sale late October.

Tabouret No.307, 1951

G-Star mobile display case

Tabouret Solvay, 1941

Standard, 1934/50

Banc Marcoule, 1955

Cité, 1930

Rayonnage Mural, 1936

Fauteuil Direction, 1951

Table S.A.M. Tropique, 1950

Prouvé RAW September 13-26, 2011 The Vitra Store 29 9th Avenue New York, NY 10014 (212) 463-5700