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    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.
    Further Detail 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.

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PREFACE
THE THIRTIES AND THE WAR YEARS: SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND TEACHING
Robin Day: Early Life in High Wycombe
Robin Day: Royal College of Art
Lucienne Day: Early Life in Croydon
Lucienne Day: Royal College of Art
Robin and Lucienne Day: RCA Diploma Show
Robin and Lucienne Day: Markham Square
THE FORTIES: FLEDGLING DESIGNERS
Robin Day: Exhibition Design and Posters
Robin Day: Low-Cost Furniture Competition, 1948
Lucienne Day: Dress Fabric Designs
THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN
Robin Day: Hille
Robin Day: Royal Festival Hall
Robin Day: Homes and Gardens Pavilion at the Festival of Britain
Lucienne Day: Calyx
Lucienne Day: Festival of Britain
Robin and Lucienne Day: Milan Triennale, 1951
Robin and Lucienne Day: Cheyne Walk
THE FIFTIES: THE TRIUMPH OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN
Robin Day: Desks and Storage Furniture
Robin Day: Seating
Robin Day: Danish and American Influences
Robin Day: Contract Furniture
Robin Day: Pye
Lucienne Day: Heal Fabrics, 1952
Lucienne Day: British Celanese, Edinburgh
Weavers, Liberty and M~lnlycke, 1952-4
Lucienne Day: Heal Fabrics, 1953-6
Lucienne Day: Wallpapers
Lucienne Day: G6ppinger and Rosenthal
Lucienne Day: Thomas Somerset and Cavendish Textites
Lucienne Day: Heal Fabrics, 1956-9
Lucienne Day: Carpets
Lucienne Day: Heal's Exhibition, 1958
Robin and Lucienne Day: European Exhibitions
THE SIXTIES: GEOMETRIC PA-I-I-ERNS AND ARCHITECTURAL FORMS
Robin Day: Foyer Seating
Robin Day: Office and Restaurant Furniture
Robin Day: Domestic Furniture
Robin Day: Seating
Robin Day: Polypropylene Chair
Robin Day: Polystyrene and Polyurethane Chairs
Robin Day: Storey's and Woodward Grosvenor
Lucienne Day: Heal Fabrics
Lucienne Day: Carpets
Lucienne Day: Rosenthal
Lucienne Day: Table Linen and Handkerchiefs
Lucienne Day: Mattress Tickings and
Fashion Fabrics
Robin and Lucienne Day: BOAC
Robin and Lucienne Day: Churchill College
Robin and Lucienne Day: John Lewis Partnership
THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES: LATER CAREERS
Robin Day: Series E and Polo Chairs
Robin Day: Propathene, Fibreglass and ABS
Robin Day: Barbican Arts Centre
Robin Day: Hille
Robin Day: Stadium and Auditorium Seating
Robin Day: Public Seating
Robin Day: Mines and West
Lucienne Day: Textiles for Heal Fabrics and
John Lewis Partnership
Lucienne Day: Silk Mosaics
Robin and Lucienne Day: John Lewis Partnership
Robin and Lucienne Day: Royal Society of Arts
FINAL YEARS
Chapter Notes
List of Designs: Robin Day
List of Designs: Lucienne Day
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments