Lesley Jackson: ROBIN AND LUCIENNE DAY: PIONEERS OF MODERN DESIGN. Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001. First edition. Quarto. Yellow paper covered boards titled in white. Photo illustrated dust jacket. 192 pp. 250 color and 50 black and white illustrations. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out of print. Trivial wear overall: a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket.
9 x 11 hardcover book with 192 pages and 250 color illustrations and 50 black and white illustrations. Labeling Robin and Lucienne Day the English Charles and Ray Eames seems condescending given the width and breadth of their accomplishments. Also, I appreciate Lucienne’s style—not a pinafore in sight!
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From the Publisher: “Hailed as the British counterparts to Charles and Ray Eames, Robin and Lucienne Day electrified the British design scene in the 1950s with their startling furniture and textile designs. Indeed, their influence over the next five decades has been so profound that their early products were recently reintroduced by Conran's Habitat. Lucienne Day pioneered the introduction of modern abstract pattern design in the textile industry. Her fabrics, which oscillate between bold geometric figures and more subtle abstract patterns, were produced by companies as diverse as Heal's and Liberty of London. Robin Day's influential furniture designs pioneered the use of materials such as plywood, steel, and plastic. His stacking polypropylene chair (right) is one of the best-selling chairs in the world. Robin and Lucienne Day, the first-ever full-length monograph on their designs, features never-before-seen archival material along with over 250 color images of the full range of their work, including furniture, ceramics, textiles, wallpaper, interiors, appliances, exhibit designs, and graphics. Spanning a half-century's creative output, no designer will fail to be awed by the genius seen in this book.”
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. Illustrated with the Days’ own archive material and drawing on unique in-depth interviews with the designers, this landmark book provides a comprehensive survey of their careers – an invaluable record of a lifetime of remarkable achievement.
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