Robin Day (designer)
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| Robin Day OBE | |
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| Born | 25 May 1915 High Wycombe, England |
| Died | 9 November 2010 England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Royal College of Art |
| Alma mater | High Wycombe School of Art |
| Occupation | Industrial designer |
| Employer | Hille, Royal Festival Hall, BOAC, Pye Ltd., London Underground, Barbican Centre, John Lewis, Ercol, Magis, Habitat, SCP |
| Known for | Polypropylene Chair |
| Spouse | Lucienne Day |
| Children | Paula |
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Robin Day OBE FCSD (25 May 1915 – 9 November 2010)[1] was a British chartered industrial and furniture designer, best-known for the injection moulded polypropylene stacking chair, more than 20 million of which have been manufactured. It was one of the first pieces of furniture to fully use the mass-manufacturing opportunities of injection moulding and was selected as one of eight designs in a 2009 series of British stamps of "British Design Classics".
Day rose to prominence during the 1951 Festival of Britain. He was a past winner of the Chartered Society of Designers's Minerva Medal, the highest accolade the Society can offer and was awarded for a lifetime achievement in the field of design. He was a patron of the South Coast Design Forum.[citation needed]
He married Lucienne Conradi (1917–2010) in 1942; the couple had one child, a daughter. Lucienne Day was a noted textile designer, who died in 2010, the same year as her husband.
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[edit] Career
Robin and Lucienne Day established themselves as Britain's most celebrated post-war designer couple, and have often been compared to their US contemporaries, Charles Eames and Ray Eames. The couple retired in 2000 to Chichester.[citation needed]
An exhibition of Lucienne Day's textiles and Robin Day's furniture, "Robin and Lucienne Day: Design and the Modern Interior", was held between 26 March and 26 June 2011 at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester.[2]
The exhibition was also shown at PM Gallery & House in Ealing between 15 July and 4 September 2011.[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ Obituary in The Independent, Friday, 19 November 2010
- ^ "Robin and Lucienne Day: Design and the Modern Interior". Pallant House Gallery. http://www.pallant.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/2011/robin-and-lucienne-day/robin-and-lucienne-day. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ "Robin and Lucienne Day: Design and the Modern Interior". Ealing Council. http://www2.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/museums_and_galleries/pm_gallery_and_house/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/design_and_the_modern_interior.html. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
[edit] External links
- "The Robin Day Polyprop Chair"
- "Robin + Lucienne Day", Design Museum
- Bibliography at Amazon.com
- The Days: Design and the Modern Interior, by Emma O'Kelly
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