Robin & Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Contemporary Design

Exclusively released early to Pallant House Gallery Bookshop to coincide with the current exhibition. Not available for general sale until august 2011.

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 and has been specially produced to accompany the forthcoming Exhibition Robin and Lucienne Day: Design and The Modern Interior at Pallant House Gallery.

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.

You may also like

• Lucienne Day Too Many Cooks Tea Towel £16.00
  Add to basket

Authors Biography

Lesley Jackson is an independent writer and curator specializing in 20th century design. She is the author of many highly-acclaimed books on post-war design, including The New Look: Design in the Fifties (1991), ‘Contemporary’Architecture and Interiors of the 1950s (1994) and The Sixties: Decade of Design Revolution (1998). An expert on modern textiles, her recent books include 20th Century Pattern Design: Textile & Wallpaper Pioneers (2002), From Atoms to Patterns: Crystal Structure Designs from the 1951 Festival of Britain (2007) and Shirley Craven and Hull Traders: Revolutionary Fabrics and Furniture 1957-1980 (2009). In 2001 she curated the major exhibition Robin and Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Contemporary Design, held at the Barbican Art Gallery, London.

Artists Biography

Robin (1915–2010) and Lucienne Day (1917–2010) are the most celebrated British designer couple of the post-war era. Working in a range of media they pioneered the introduction of modern design during the 1950s and 1960s, sharing a commitment to low cost, mass-produced, good quality furniture and fabric.

Special Offers

• Henry Moore Complete Drawings 1916–86: Volume 5: Complete Drawings 1977–81 £75.00£14.95
  Add to basket
• Artists in Britain Since 1945.  TWO VOLUMES NEW EDITION. £165.00£65.00
  Add to basket
• The Sculpture of Leon Underwood £35.00£9.95
  Add to basket