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Since Robin Day's death in 2010, the responsibility for licensing his designs has been taken over by the Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation, established by Paula Day in 2012. [18] Robin Day received many honours over the course of his long career. He was appointed a Royal Designer for Industry in 1959 and appointed an OBE in 1983. [19]
In the early 1950s Robin Day wrote to Hay-Edie, “Of all the rugs which I have seen, only yours have got the character enough as a background for my new designs of furniture to be exhibited at La Triennale de Milano 1951…” [28] [29] Her rugs were exhibited alongside Day's furniture at the 1951 Milan Trienniale, earning her a silver medal ...
The two designers, Robin Day and Clive Latimer, had won prizes for furniture design from the New York Museum of Modern Art. Together the company changed direction and the new furniture was designed not for retail but for specification by architects and large projects. They were awarded the contract to deliver furniture for the Festival Hall. [2]
Robin and Lucienne Day in their Cheyne Walk Studio with Enigma silk mosaic (1987) In March 1940, during her final year at the RCA, Lucienne met her future husband, furniture designer Robin Day, who shared her enthusiasm for modern design. Following their marriage on 5 September 1942, the couple set up home at 33 Markham Square in Chelsea ...
For three decades, Horton’s Furniture was well known for the twins who advertised the store. With the announcement the store is closing, some immediately wondered where the twins are now.
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Robin Wagner was born Aug. 31, 1933, in San Francisco. His father was a lighthouse keeper, his mother a concert pianist from New Zealand, and he recalled attending 25 schools in both the United ...
Sir Robin Day (24 October 1923 – 6 August 2000) was an English political journalist and television and radio broadcaster. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Day's obituary in The Guardian by Dick Taverne stated that he was "the most outstanding television journalist of his generation.