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Robin and Lucienne Day Lesley Jackson

Robin and Lucienne Day von Lesley Jackson

Robin and Lucienne Day Lesley Jackson


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Zusammenfassung

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.

Robin and Lucienne Day Zusammenfassung

Robin and Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Contemporary Design Lesley Jackson

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.

Robin and Lucienne Day Bewertungen

'Jackson, a design historian with a penchant for this period, brings out the best in the duo, the epitome of no-nonsense modernism with a human heart' - Wallpaper

Über Lesley Jackson

Lesley Jackson is an independent writer and curator specializing in 20th centurydesign. 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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR004581366
9781845336349
1845336348
Robin and Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Contemporary Design Lesley Jackson
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Octopus Publishing Group
20110801
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