As Britain's most distinguished designers of the post-war period, Robin and Lucienne Day pursued celebrated careers for more than fifty years. This updated book celebrates and offers an insight into their remarkable success.

Further Detail Robin Day, the creator of the best-selling Polypropylene chair,was renowned as a furniture designer, but also excelled in many other fields over the years, including exhibition design, graphics and product design. Lucienne Day, an outstanding textile designer, gained early recognition with Calyx, her acclaimed furnishing fabric for the Festival of Britain in 1951, and she also designed stunning wallpapers, ceramics and carpets. Pioneers of "Contemporary" design during the 1950s and 1960s, and joint design consultants to the John Lewis Partnership from 1962 to 1987, Robin and Lucienne Day,who both died in 2010,were legendary figures with an international reputation.

PREFACE

THE THIRTIES AND THE WAR YEARS: SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND TEACHING

Robin Day: Early Life in High Wycombe

Robin Day: Royal College of Art

Lucienne Day: Early Life in Croydon

Lucienne Day: Royal College of Art

Robin and Lucienne Day: RCA Diploma Show

Robin and Lucienne Day: Markham Square

THE FORTIES: FLEDGLING DESIGNERS

Robin Day: Exhibition Design and Posters

Robin Day: Low-Cost Furniture Competition, 1948

Lucienne Day: Dress Fabric Designs

THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN

Robin Day: Hille

Robin Day: Royal Festival Hall

Robin Day: Homes and Gardens Pavilion at the Festival of Britain

Lucienne Day: Calyx

Lucienne Day: Festival of Britain

Robin and Lucienne Day: Milan Triennale, 1951

Robin and Lucienne Day: Cheyne Walk

THE FIFTIES: THE TRIUMPH OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN

Robin Day: Desks and Storage Furniture

Robin Day: Seating

Robin Day: Danish and American Influences

Robin Day: Contract Furniture

Robin Day: Pye

Lucienne Day: Heal Fabrics, 1952

Lucienne Day: British Celanese, Edinburgh

Weavers, Liberty and M~lnlycke, 1952-4

Lucienne Day: Heal Fabrics, 1953-6

Lucienne Day: Wallpapers

Lucienne Day: G6ppinger and Rosenthal

Lucienne Day: Thomas Somerset and Cavendish Textites

Lucienne Day: Heal Fabrics, 1956-9

Lucienne Day: Carpets

Lucienne Day: Heal's Exhibition, 1958

Robin and Lucienne Day: European Exhibitions

THE SIXTIES: GEOMETRIC PA-I-I-ERNS AND ARCHITECTURAL FORMS

Robin Day: Foyer Seating

Robin Day: Office and Restaurant Furniture

Robin Day: Domestic Furniture

Robin Day: Seating

Robin Day: Polypropylene Chair

Robin Day: Polystyrene and Polyurethane Chairs

Robin Day: Storey's and Woodward Grosvenor

Lucienne Day: Heal Fabrics

Lucienne Day: Carpets

Lucienne Day: Rosenthal

Lucienne Day: Table Linen and Handkerchiefs

Lucienne Day: Mattress Tickings and

Fashion Fabrics

Robin and Lucienne Day: BOAC

Robin and Lucienne Day: Churchill College

Robin and Lucienne Day: John Lewis Partnership

THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES: LATER CAREERS

Robin Day: Series E and Polo Chairs

Robin Day: Propathene, Fibreglass and ABS

Robin Day: Barbican Arts Centre

Robin Day: Hille

Robin Day: Stadium and Auditorium Seating

Robin Day: Public Seating

Robin Day: Mines and West

Lucienne Day: Textiles for Heal Fabrics and

John Lewis Partnership

Lucienne Day: Silk Mosaics

Robin and Lucienne Day: John Lewis Partnership

Robin and Lucienne Day: Royal Society of Arts

FINAL YEARS

Chapter Notes

List of Designs: Robin Day

List of Designs: Lucienne Day

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments