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20-Jul-04 |
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Robin and Lucienne Day
I am am reading their book right now and am very interested in theri work.
Has anyone here ever had any luck finding their furniture in the states? Any more fans of them in here?
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posted by whitespike
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21-Jul-04 |
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I had at one time a bolt of...
I had at one time a bolt of the famous caylyx print,you very rarely see the furniture in the USA.They are the English "Eames couple".
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posted by azurechicken
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22-Jul-04 |
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Robin and Lucienne Day
I can imagine it is difficult getting Day stuff in the US. I have seen a few Robin Day items on ebay.co.uk in the last few weeks (hillestack chair, some lovely cabinets) and there is usually some Lucienne Day fabrics up there as well.
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posted by Ben joyner
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26-Jul-04 |
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Its perplexing,there seems...
Its perplexing,there seems to be litte to no interest in specific designers on the forum outside of the very well known, well worn few mies/eames/nelson...etc.I think we run the risk of being a online interiors advice rap,thats fine but it is a/the major focus.
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26-Jul-04 |
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Educate me...
I don't know anything about the Days. Can someone point me to a book or on-line reference? Thx. B, there was a thread earlier that sked about cesigners that folks like. Unfortunately it was rather short-lived. I'd love to resurrect it, do you have any input to offer?
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posted by Olive
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26-Jul-04 |
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Dear Olive
There is so much to be said about Robin and Lucienne Day that you really have to buy the book! As most good design books it is packed with images but the text is written by Lesley Jackson and I would be surprised if you would not be able to find it on Amazon. Although she was at least as important as her husband Robin, I know less about Lucienne Day (Conradi) other than that she designed exceptional modern fabrics. Robin Day (1915) is somewhat younger than Charles Eames (1907) but as Azurechicken pointed out, they had a rather similar career. Both choose to work mostly in furniture, but did graphics, interiors and occasionally architecture. Both had a long term relationship with few manufacturers, Knoll and Herman Miller for Eames, Hill for Robin Day. They both won the MOMA competition for low cost furniture in 1949. In the early 50ties, Robin Day was certainly the most visible product designer in Britain and one of the leading figures in the famous Festival of Britain. He is certainly one of the ones that shaped British design in the 20th century. Of his chair for Hill with an injection moulded polypropylene seat , more than 14 million were sold, but he won the gold medal of the Milan Trienale for his Festival of Britain pavilion.
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posted by koen
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27-Jul-04 |
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Robin Day
Have you got Habitat in the USA? They have a Robin Day sofa which is pretty reasonable.
Anyone interested in his massively successful polyprop chairs can probably get them over here for a sixpence. They're the standard chair for schools and village halls. You regularly see them on skips. Easy to find.
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posted by Jakey G
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27-Jul-04 |
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Thanks, Koen
I'm off to Amazon right now! JakeyG, sorry no Habitat here. Oh well, at least they've finally opened an IKEA nearby (in Connecticut) so at least I can get decent lamps, etc.
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posted by Olive
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27-Jul-04 |
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Habitat
No I dont believe we have one in the states. I have seen the site before and while I love the forum sofa and polyprops they haven't, to my knowledge, reissued my favorite designs of his.
I lean toward his wood designs such as the 'Hillestack' stacking plywood chairs, The Royal Festival Hall Lounge chair (my favorite), and the 'reclining chair.'
He also had many wonderful case good designs.
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posted by whitespike
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28-Jul-04 |
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For copyright reasons
Habitat's name in the U.S. is Conran's. There are at least two in N.Y. that I know of. As mentioned on another thread, Habitat is now owned by IKEA.
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posted by koen
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28-Jul-04 |
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ANTELOPE
is a great fest of brit chair/i love the name also
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posted by betty
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30-Jul-04 |
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Festival of Britain
Great name, you're right. Ah, 1951. You should see the chairs they now have at Royal Festival Hall... not a patch on Robin's efforts...
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posted by Jakey G
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02-Aug-04 |
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Other British designers of 40s-60s
I love the Day's furniture and was wondering what other British Furniture designers were around at the same time...
John and Sylvia Reid did some lovely cabinets/dining sets and Earnest Race designed the Antelope chair. Does anyone know of any other British designers who were producing interesting items at that time?
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posted by Ben joyner
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02-Aug-04 |
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Robin Day chairs on auction - ebay.de
Having seen that Robin Day Fans in this forum has been searching for rare Robin Day designs, this message is just to inform you that as from tonight(21.00 CET)there will be 2 x 2 chairs (in Green and Orange colours)on auction on ebay.de (Germany) - Any comment or information you might have about these chairs are more than welcome.
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posted by Allermann-DK
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30-Jun-07 |
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festival of Britan 1951
If any one could get me any information on the Festival of Britainin 1951 i would appreciate it
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posted by LRF
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01-Jul-07 |
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Eames actually came second...
Eames actually came second in the MoMa competition in the seating category - Robin Day with Clive Latimer won the Storage category
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posted by paulanna
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01-Jul-07 |
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Allerman-Dk ... hmmm, a...
Allerman-Dk ... hmmm, a fellow Dane? :)
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posted by M_Andersen
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01-Jul-07 |
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Lucienne Day
I love Lucienne Days fabrics on my Jack Purcell tennis shoes she was great !!
Is she still doing design work at the young age of 90? We in America really never hear about the Days at all. ... a shame
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posted by LRF
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02-Jul-07 |
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I LOVE Lucienne Day's...
I LOVE Lucienne Day's textile designs. I've been trying to buy some on eBay but the prices went through the roof.
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posted by M_Andersen
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02-Jul-07 |
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posted by pete1979
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02-Jul-07 |
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Thanks, Pete1979. It's very t...
Thanks, Pete1979. It's very tempting to buy some of these fabrics, they're really beautiful, however I only collect vintage fabrics by mainly Verner Panton. I would love to have Lucienne Day represented in my collection.
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posted by M_Andersen
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04-Jul-07 |
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posted by Annette.sco
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09-May-08 |
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posted by pete1979
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10-May-08 |
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This should get you...
This should get you started....
http://books.google.com/books?id=sUHUf_ZXhS0C&dq=robin+lucienne+day&pg=PP1&ots=PF88X3aaff&sig=5kjKvwt2pSjW-u4w9rqlB5Aia04&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.ca/search%3Fq%3Drobin%2Blucienne%2Bday%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26client%3Dfirefox-a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail
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posted by Entropy-0
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10-May-08 |
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** Other Day products for...
** Other Day products for sale
at
http://72.15.199.18/default.asp?theurl=displayFeatureIntern7...***
My Kaspersky Anti-Virus rang an alarm as soon as I visited that site.... says there is a Trojan in the javascript...
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posted by Entropy-0
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10-May-08 |
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posted by robert1960
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