Robin Day
Π ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ½ ΠΡΠΉ, OBE, FCSD (25 ΠΌΠ°Ρ 1915 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π° - 9 Π½ΠΎΡΠ±ΡΡ 2010 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°) Π±ΡΠ» ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΠΌ ΠΈΠ· ΡΠ°ΠΌΡΡ Π·Π½Π°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ Π±ΡΠΈΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π΅ΡΠΎΠ² ΠΌΠ΅Π±Π΅Π»ΠΈ 20-Π³ΠΎ Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ°, ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΡΡΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π³ΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΎΠΉ, ΠΎΡ Π²Π°ΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ Π΄Π΅ΡΡΡΠΈΠ»Π΅ΡΠΈΠΉ. ΠΡΠ΄Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΉΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΌΡΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΠΈ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π΅Ρ, ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Π°ΠΊΡΠΈΠ²Π½ΠΎ Π·Π°Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π»ΡΡ Π³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΈ Π²ΡΡΡΠ°Π²ΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ.
ΠΠ³ΠΎ ΠΆΠ΅Π½Π° ΠΡΡΡΠ΅Π½ ΠΡΠΉ, ΡΡΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½Π½Π°Ρ ΠΠΎΠ½ΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈ (1917-2010), Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΈΠ·Π²Π΅ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΌ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π΅ΡΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΡΠΈΠ»Ρ. ΠΠ°ΡΠ° Π²ΡΡΠ»Π° Π·Π°ΠΌΡΠΆ Π² 1942 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»Π° ΠΎΠ΄Π½Ρ Π΄ΠΎΡΡ ΠΠ°ΡΠ»Ρ ΠΠ΅ΠΉ (ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»Π°ΡΡ Π² 1954 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ).
Π ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ½ ΠΡΠΉ Π²ΡΡΠΎΡ Π² Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΊΠ΅ ΠΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΠ°ΠΉΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ±Π° Π² ΠΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠ½Π³Π΅ΠΌΡΠΈΡΠ΅. ΠΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ΅Ρ Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠΈΡΡΡ Wycombe, Π³Π΄Π΅ ΠΎΠ½ Π±ΡΠ» ΡΡΡΠ΄Π΅Π½ΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΌΠ»Π°Π΄ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΊΡΡΡΠ°, ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π» ΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ²ΡΠ·ΠΈ Ρ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠ΅Π±Π΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΌΡΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΡΡ. ΠΡΠ΄ΡΡΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄Π°ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌ Π½Π° Π³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΊΠ΅, ΠΠ΅Π½Ρ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ³ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π» Π² ΠΡΡΡΡΡ ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»Ρ ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΡΡΠ² Π£Π°ΠΉΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ±Π° Π² 1931 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ, Π° Π·Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ» ΡΡΠΈΠΏΠ΅Π½Π΄ΠΈΡ Π΄Π»Ρ ΠΈΠ·ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π° Π² ΠΠΎΡΠΎΠ»Π΅Π²ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΠΊΠΎΠ»Π»Π΅Π΄ΠΆΠ΅ ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΡΡΠ² Π² 1934 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ. ΠΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄Π° ΠΈΠ· RCA Π² 1938 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ Π² ΠΌΠ΅Π±Π΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΌΡΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ Π½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡΠΈΡ ΠΎΡΠΊΡΡΡΠΈΠΉ, ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠ΄Π΅Π»Π°Π» Π°ΡΡ ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΡΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»ΠΈ ΠΈ Π·Π°Π½ΡΠ» ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°Π²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΡΡ Π² Π¨ΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΡΡΠ² ΠΠ΅ΠΊΠΊΠ΅Π½Ρ ΡΠΌΠ°, Π³Π΄Π΅ ΡΠ°Π·ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠ°Π» Π½ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠΎΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΊΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ 3D-Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Ρ.
ΠΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΠΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ Π²ΠΎΠΉΠ½Ρ Π ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ½ ΠΡΠΉ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°Π²Π°Π» Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ° Π½Π° ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅Ρ Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ½ΠΈΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ Π ΠΈΠ΄ΠΆΠ΅Π½Ρ-ΡΡΡΠΈΡ (Π½ΡΠ½Π΅ ΠΠ΅ΡΡΠΌΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ½ΠΈΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅Ρ), Π³Π΄Π΅ ΠΎΠ½ Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ» Π°ΡΡ ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΎΡΠ° ΠΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠ° ΠΠΎΡΠΎ (1911-1998). Π 1946 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΡΡΠΈ Π΄Π²Π° ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊΠ° ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π»ΠΈ ΠΏΠ°ΡΡΠ½Π΅ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎ Π² ΠΎΠ±Π»Π°ΡΡΠΈ ΡΠ°Π·ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠΊΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ±Π»ΠΈΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΎΡΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π½ΡΡ Π²ΡΡΡΠ°Π²ΠΎΠΊ, Π³Π»Π°Π²Π½ΡΠΌ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·ΠΎΠΌ Π΄Π»Ρ Π¦Π΅Π½ΡΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΎΡΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΈ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΡ ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΠΎΡΠ³Π°Π½ΠΈΠ·Π°ΡΠΈΠΉ, ΠΏΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠΌ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°ΠΌ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠ΅Π°ΠΊΡΠΈΠ²Π½ΡΠ΅ Π΄Π²ΠΈΠ³Π°ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈ ΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ±ΠΎΡΡ. ΠΠ½Π΅ΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΎΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π²ΡΡΡΠ°Π²ΠΎΠΊ ΠΈ ΡΠΎΡΠ³ΠΎΠ²ΡΡ ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π΄ΠΎΠ² Π΄ΠΎ Π½Π°ΡΠ°Π»Π° 1960-Ρ Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ² Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΊΠ»ΠΈΠ΅Π½ΡΠΎΠ², ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Ρ ΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΡΠΎΠ½Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π°ΠΏΠΏΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ EKCO ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΌΡΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π³ΠΈΠ³Π°Π½Ρ ICI.
Π₯ΠΎΡΡ Π²ΠΎΠΉΠ½Π° ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΏΡΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°Π»Π° ΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΡΠΉΠ½Π° ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π΅ΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΌΠ΅Π±Π΅Π»ΠΈ, Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΡΠ΄ΡΠ±Π° ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ»Π°ΡΡ Π² 1948 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½ ΠΈ ΠΠ»Π°ΠΉΠ² ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ Π²ΡΠΈΠ³ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈΡ Π² ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΈΠΈ Ρ ΡΠ°Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄ΡΠ½Π°ΡΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΠΊΡΡΡΠ° ΠΏΠΎ Π½Π΅Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠΌΡ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Ρ ΠΌΠ΅Π±Π΅Π»ΠΈ, ΠΎΡΠ³Π°Π½ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΡΠ·Π΅Π΅ΠΌ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΡΡΠ²Π° Π² ΠΡΡ-ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠ΅ , ΠΡ Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠ΅ΠΏΡΠΈΡ Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΡΠ΄Π° ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΡΠ΅Π»Π΅Π²ΡΡ Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΡ Ρ ΡΠ°Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ, ΠΈΠ·Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ²Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΠΈΠ· ΡΡΡΠ±ΠΊΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π²Π°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠΎΡΠΌΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°Π½Π΅ΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ»Π° ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄ΡΠ½Π°ΡΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ·Π½Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅. ΠΠ΅ΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΠ½ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π½Π΅ Π²ΡΠΏΡΡΠΊΠ°Π»ΡΡ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠΌ ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΠΆΠΎΠΌ, Π½Π°Π±ΠΎΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΏΠΎΠ², ΡΠ΄Π΅Π»Π°Π½Π½ΡΡ Heal & Son Π² 1949 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ, ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠ½ΡΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π» ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠΈΠΏΡ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π°. Π¨ΠΊΠ°ΡΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π²ΡΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½Π΅Π½Ρ Π½Π° ΡΡΡΠ±ΡΠ°ΡΡΡ Π°Π»ΡΠΌΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠ΅Π²ΡΡ Π½ΠΎΠΆΠΊΠ°Ρ , Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΏΠ°ΠΊΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΈ Π³ΠΈΠ±ΠΊΠΈΠΌΠΈ, Ρ ΡΠ°Π·Π΄Π²ΠΈΠΆΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ Π΄Π²Π΅ΡΡΠΌΠΈ, Π²Π·Π°ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ·Π°ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌ ΡΡΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΌ Ρ Π²ΡΠΏΠ°Π΄Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΌ ΠΊΠ»Π°ΠΏΠ°Π½ΠΎΠΌ.
ΠΠ΄Π΅Ρ Π΄Π½Ρ Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π½Π° Π² Π΄Π²ΡΡ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°ΡΠ°Ρ Π³ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΉ / ΡΡΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΡΠΊΡΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½ΠΈΡΠΎΠ²ΠΊΠΈ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π» Π΄Π»Ρ ΠΏΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΡΠΎΠ½Π° Β«ΠΠΎΠΌΠ° ΠΈ ΡΠ°Π΄ΡΒ» Π½Π° ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠ²Π°Π»Π΅ ΠΡΠΈΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠΈ. Π Π°Π·ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠ°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ»Π»ΡΡΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅Ρ Π±ΡΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠ³Π½ΡΡΠΎ Π² ΡΠ°Π·Π½ΡΡ Π±ΡΠ΄ΠΆΠ΅ΡΠ°Ρ , ΠΎΠ±Π΅ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°ΡΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½Ρ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΡΡΠ»ΡΡΠΌΠΈ Royal Festival Hall, Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΊΠ»Π°Π΄ΡΠΊΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΌΠΈ. ΠΠΊΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠΌΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΊΠ°ΡΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π² Π΄ΡΠ±Π΅, Π° ΡΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΊΠ°ΡΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠ΄Π΅Π»Π°Π½Ρ ΠΈΠ· ΡΠΏΠΎΠ½ΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Π²Π° Π½Π° ΡΠ°ΠΌΠ΅ ΠΈΠ· ΠΊΠ²Π°Π΄ΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΡΠ±ΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ.
Π€Π΅ΡΡΠΈΠ²Π°Π»Ρ ΡΡΠ°Π» ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠ»Π°ΡΡΠΎΡΠΌΠΎΠΉ Π΄Π»Ρ ΠΎΡΠΊΡΡΡΠΈΡ Β«Π‘ΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉΒ» ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊΠΈ Π ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ½ ΠΡΠΉ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠ½ΡΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π° Π² ΠΠΈΠ»Π°Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠΈΠ΅Π½Π½Π°Π»Π΅ Π² 1951 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ. ΠΡΡ ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΎΡΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠΎΠ±Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎ Π²ΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠΆΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡ ΠΊ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΌΠ΅Π±Π΅Π»ΠΈ, ΠΏΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΡ ΠΎΠ½Π° ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°Π»Π° ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΌΡ, ΡΡΠ΅ΠΊΠ»ΡΠ½Π½ΠΎΠΌΡ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ Π·Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΡ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ Π²ΡΡΡΠΏΠ°Π»ΠΈ Π² ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ Π²ΠΎΠΉΠ½Ρ Π½Π΅ ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ Π² ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅, Π½ΠΎ ΠΈ Π² ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅.
ΠΠ°ΠΊ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΏΡΠΎΠΏΠΈΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΉ ΡΡΡΠ», ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈ ΠΊΡΠ΅ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΠΈΠ· ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΏΡΠΎΠΏΠΈΠ»Π΅Π½Π° (1967) Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠΏΡΠΎΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Ρ Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΠ°Π·ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΡΠΈΡΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠΏΠ΅ΠΊΡΡΠ° ΡΠ°Π·Π»ΠΈΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠΉ. Π§Π΅ΡΠ΅Π· Π΄Π΅Π½Ρ Π±ΡΠ» ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π½ ΡΡΠ΄ Π»Π΅Π³ΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΏΡΠΎΠΏΠΈΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π·Π»ΠΎΠ½Π³ΠΎΠ² Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΠΊΠΎΠ» ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ Π½Π°Π·Π²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Β«Π‘Π΅ΡΠΈΡ EΒ» (1971), Π²ΡΠΏΡΡΠΊΠ°Π΅ΠΌΡΡ Π² ΠΏΡΡΠΈ ΡΠ°Π·Π½ΡΡ ΡΠ°Π·ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°Ρ Ρ ΠΎΠ²Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΡΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Π² ΡΠΏΠΈΠ½Π΅. ΠΠ³ΠΎ ΠΊΡΠ΅ΡΠ»ΠΎ Polo (1975) Ρ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠ»ΠΈΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ Π΄ΡΠ΅Π½Π°ΠΆΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ / Π²Π΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΡΠΈΡΠΌΠΈ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π΅ΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΠΌ Π²Π°ΠΆΠ½ΡΠΌ Π΄ΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΊ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²Ρ ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ΅Π΄Ρ ΠΈΠ· ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΏΡΠΎΠΏΠΈΠ»Π΅Π½Π°. Π Π°Π·ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠ°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π΄Π»Ρ Π½Π°ΡΡΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈ Π΄Π»Ρ Π²Π½ΡΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ, ΠΊΡΠ΅ΡΠ»ΠΎ Polo ΡΠΈΡΠΎΠΊΠΎ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π»ΠΎΡΡ Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ Π½Π° ΡΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΠΎΠ½Π΅, ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΠ±Π»Π°ΡΡΠΈ, Π² ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΠ΅Π½Ρ ΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π²ΡΠ΅ Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ²Π»Π΅ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ. ΠΠ½ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π» Ρ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΠΏΠ»Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ Π² 1960-Ρ ΠΈ 70-Ρ Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°Ρ , Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ°Π» ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΅ΠΊΡΡ ΠΌΠ΅Π±Π΅Π»ΠΈ Π² Π΄ΡΠ΅Π²Π΅ΡΠΈΠ½Π΅ ΠΈ ΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ.
Π₯ΠΎΡΡ Π ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ½ ΠΈ ΠΡΡΡΠ΅Π½ ΠΡΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡ ΡΡΡΠ΄ΠΈΠ΅ΠΉ, ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π² ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ Π² ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΡ ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ°Ρ , Π·Π° ΠΈΡΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Π΄Π²ΡΡ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π΅Π², ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΡΠΎΡΡΡΠ΄Π½ΠΈΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ Π² ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅ ΡΠΎΠ²ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΎΠ² ΠΏΠΎ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Ρ Π² ΠΏΠ°ΡΡΠ½Π΅ΡΡΡΠ²Π΅ Ρ ΠΠΆΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ BOAC. ΠΠ»Ρ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΡΠ°Π·ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡ Π΄Π»Ρ ΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊΠ° ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ»Π΅ΡΠΎΠ² Super VC10 Π² 1960-Ρ Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°Ρ .
ΠΠ΄Π½ΠΈΠΌ ΠΈΠ· ΠΈΡ Π³Π»Π°Π²Π½ΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ Π² JLP Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠΎΡΡ Π² ΡΠ°Π·ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠΊΠ΅ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΡΠΈΠ»Ρ Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠ°, ΠΎΡ Π²Π°ΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅: ΠΎΡ ΠΌΠ°Π³Π°Π·ΠΈΠ½Π° ΠΈ ΡΠΏΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ²ΠΊΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄ΡΠΊΡΠΎΠ² Π΄ΠΎ ΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠΎΠ² ΠΈ Π»ΠΈΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΈ Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΡΡΠ³ΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠ². Π ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ½ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΡΠ°Π·ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠ°Π» ΠΈΠ½ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡ Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΡΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΌΠ°ΡΠΊΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ² Waitrose ΠΈ ΡΠ½ΠΈΠ²Π΅ΡΠΌΠ°Π³ΠΎΠ² ΠΠΆΠΎΠ½Π° ΠΡΡΠΈΡΠ°, Π² ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ Milton Keynes Π² 1979 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ.
ΠΠ΅Π½Ρ Π±ΡΠ» Π³Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΊΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠΈΠΏΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π΅ΡΠΎΠΌ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΠ»ΠΎΠ½ΡΠ»ΡΡ ΠΎΡ ΡΡΠΊΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΡΠΈ. ΠΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ Π·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π»Π°ΡΡ Π² ΡΠΎΠΌ, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ±Π»Π΅ΠΌΡ ΡΠ°ΠΌΡΠΌ ΡΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠΌ, ΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΈΠ²Π½ΡΠΌ ΠΈ ΡΠΊΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠΌΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΌ. Β«Π₯ΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΉ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½ Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ΅Π½ Ρ ΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎ Π²ΡΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΡΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΡ Π·Π°Π΄Π°ΡΡ, Π±ΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌ ΠΈ Π²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ°ΡΡ Π² ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΌ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π΅ ΡΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ ΠΈ ΡΡΡΠΎΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎΒ», - ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΎ Π·Π°ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ» ΠΎΠ½ Π² Β«ΠΠ΄Π΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠ΅Β» Π² ΠΈΡΠ½Π΅ 1962 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°. Π‘ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π½Π°ΡΠ°Π»Π° ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡ ΠΎΠ½ Π±ΡΠ» ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠΈΠ½ΠΊΡΠΈΠ²Π½ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ² ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Ρ ΡΠ³ΠΎΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ° Π² Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π΅ ΠΈ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ½ΠΊΠ΅ Π΄Π»Ρ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ·Π½Ρ: Β«ΠΠ°ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠ΅Π±Π΅Π»ΠΈ ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΎΡΡΡΡ ΡΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ Π΄Π»Ρ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π΅ΡΠ° ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΎΠ½Π½ΡΠΌ Π°ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌ Π±ΡΡΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ ΠΌΠ°ΡΠΊΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ½Π³ΠΎΠ²ΡΡ ΡΡΠ΅Π±ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠΉ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΠΉΒ», ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠ°Π·ΠΌΡΡΠ»ΡΠ» Π² 1953 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ. Β«ΠΠΈΠΊΡΠΎ Π½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ΄Π΅Ρ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠ²ΠΎΡΡΡΡΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΌΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅, ΡΠ΅Ρ Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π±Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΡΠ½ΠΊΡΠΈΠΈ ΡΠ²Π»ΡΡΡΡΡ Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌ Π΄ΠΈΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠΌ ΡΠΎΡΠΌΡ, Π½ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π½ΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎ Π² Π½Π΅ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΈΠ· Π»ΡΡΡΠΈΡ ΠΌΠ΅Π±Π΅Π»ΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈ ΡΠ΅Ρ Π½ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠΈ, Ρ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ½Ρ, ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎ, Ρ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΎΠΉ , ΡΡΠ³ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ Π²Π°ΠΆΠ½ΡΡ ΡΠΎΠ»Ρ. Π― Π΄ΡΠΌΠ°Ρ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ·Π½Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠ΅Π±Π΅Π»ΠΈ Π²ΠΎ ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠΌ Π·Π°Π²ΠΈΡΠΈΡ ΠΎΡ ΠΈΡΠΊΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π°.
ΠΠΎΠΊΡΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ Π½Π°Π·Π²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Β«Π‘ΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ Π΄Π½ΠΈ: Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½ Π ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ½ ΠΈ ΠΡΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½Β», ΡΠ΅ΠΆΠΈΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΡΠΈΠ³ΠΎΡ Π΄Π»Ρ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π° Onscreen, Π±ΡΠ» Π·Π°Π²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½ Π½Π΅Π·Π°Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π³ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈ Π ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ½Π° ΠΠ΅Ρ Π² 2010 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ.
Robin Day, OBE, FCSD (25 May 1915 β 9 November 2010) was one of the most significant British furniture designers of the 20th century, enjoying a long career spanning seven decades. An accomplished industrial and interior designer, he was also active in the fields of graphics and exhibitions.
His wife Lucienne Day, nee Conradi (1917β2010) was a renowned textile designer. The couple married in 1942 and had one daughter, Paula Day (born 1954).
Robin Day grew up in the furniture-making town of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. High Wycombe Technical Institute, where he was a junior day student, had close links with the local furniture industry. Being gifted at drawing, Day progressed to High Wycombe School of Art in 1931 and then won a scholarship to study design at the Royal College of Art in 1934. On leaving the RCA in 1938, there were no suitable openings in the furniture industry, so he made architectural models and took a teaching post at Beckenham School of Art, where he developed a ground-breaking course in 3D design.
After the Second World War, Robin Day taught interior design at the Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster), where he met the architect Peter Moro (1911-1998). The two men formed a partnership in 1946 designing public information exhibitions, mainly for the Central Office of Information and other government organisations, on subjects such as jet engines and scientific instruments. Day continued designing exhibitions and trade stands until the early 1960s for clients such as the radio manufacturer EKCO and the industrial giant ICI.
Although the war had impeded Dayβs ambition to become a furniture designer, his fortunes changed in 1948 when he and Clive Latimer won First Prize in the Storage Section of the International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design organised by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Their ingenious concept for a range of multi-purpose storage units fabricated from a tube of pre-formed moulded plywood received international acclaim. Although never mass-produced, a set of prototypes made by Heal & Son in 1949 demonstrated the principles behind the design. Supported on tubular aluminium legs, the cabinets were compact and flexible, with sliding doors, interchangeable shelf and drawer fittings and a writing desk with a drop-down flap.
Dayβs ingenuity was also evident in the two open-plan living room / dining room settings he created for the Homes and Gardens Pavilion at the Festival of Britain. Designed to illustrate what could be achieved on different budgets, both rooms were equipped with his Royal Festival Hall chairs, along with newly designed storage units. The economy cabinets were in oak, while the luxury cabinets were made from veneered mahogany on a frame of square-section tubular steel.
The Festival acted as a valuable platform for launching Robin Dayβs pared down βContemporaryβ aesthetic, which was also showcased at the Milan Triennale in 1951. Architects were particularly enthusiastic about his furniture as it was ideally suited to the clean-lined, glass-walled modern buildings that were coming into fashion after the war, not only in the domestic sphere but in the public and commercial domain.
Both the Polypropylene Chair and the Polypropylene Armchair (1967) were designed to accommodate a wide range of different bases. Day later created a range of lightweight polypropylene shell chairs for schools called Series E (1971), produced in five different sizes with an oval hole in the back. His Polo Chair (1975) with its distinctive drainage/ventilation holes was another important addition to the Polypropylene Chair family. Designed for outdoors as well as inside, the Polo Chair was widely used for stadium seating, a specialist field in which Day became increasingly involved. He also experimented with other plastics during the 1960s and 70s, as well as continuing to refine his furniture designs in wood and steel.
Although Robin and Lucienne Day shared a studio, they mainly worked in their own spheres, apart from two occasions when they collaborated as joint design consultants to the John Lewis Partnership and BOAC. For the latter they designed interiors for the companyβs fleet of Super VC10 aircraft during the 1960s.
One of their main achievements at JLP was helping to develop a comprehensive new house style, covering everything from in-store signage and product packaging to company stationery and liveries for vans. Robin also designed the interiors of several Waitrose supermarkets and John Lewis department stores, notably Milton Keynes in 1979.
Day was a deeply moral and highly principled designer who shied away from showiness or opulence. His aim was to solve practical problems in the most rigorous, efficient and cost-effective way. βA good design must fulfil its purpose well, be soundly constructed, and should express in its design this purpose and construction,β he stated simply in Ideal Home in June 1962. Right from the start of his career, he was instinctively opposed to the idea of egotism in design and novelty for noveltyβs sake: βIt seems that the creation of new furniture has sometimes become almost entirely a vehicle of self-expression for the designer, or a seasonal quick-change act for the marketing requirements of manufacturers,β he reflected in 1953. βNo one would pretend that material, technical needs and function were the sole dictates of form, but it is evident that in some of the finest furniture of our time, technology on the one hand and superlative craftsmanship on the other, have played a major role. I think that general acceptance of modern furniture depends largely on sincerity of design.
A documentary film called Contemporary Days: The Designs of Robin and Lucienne Day, directed by Murray Grigor for Design Onscreen, was completed shortly before Robin Dayβs death in 2010.