Robin & Lucienne Day : pioneers of contemporary design

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Robin & Lucienne Day : pioneers of contemporary design

Lesley Jackson

Mitchell Beazley, 2011

rev. ed.

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Includes bibliographical referece and index

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Robin Day, the creator of the best-selling Polypropylene chair,was renowned as afurniture designer, but also excelled in many other fields over the years, includingexhibition design, graphics and product design. Lucienne Day, an outstandingtextile designer, gained early recognition with Calyx, her acclaimed furnishingfabric for the Festival of Britain in 1951, and she also designed stunningwallpapers, ceramics and carpets. Pioneers of "Contemporary" design during the1950s and 1960s, and joint design consultants to the John Lewis Partnership from1962 to 1987, Robin and Lucienne Day,who both died in 2010,were legendaryfigures with an international reputation. Illustrated with the Days' own archivematerial and drawing on unique in-depth interviews with the designers, thislandmark book provides a comprehensive survey of their careers - an invaluablerecord of a lifetime of remarkable achievement.

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PREFACE 1930-45 THE THIRTIES AND THEWAR YEARS: SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND TEACHING 1946-50 THE FORTIES: FLEDGLING DESIGNERS 1951 THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 1952-59 THE FIFTIES: THE TRIUMPH OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN 1960-69 THE SIXTIES: GEOMETRIC PATTERNS AND ARCHITECTURAL FORMS 1970-93 THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES: LATER CAREERS 1994-2000 THE NINETIES: REDISCOVERY CHAPTER NOTES LIST OF DESIGNS: ROBIN DAY LIST OF DESIGNS: LUCIENNE DAY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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