Collection: Robin Day

Born in Buckinghamshire, England. Robin Day graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1939. In 1948 he won first Prize for a jointly designed low-cost storage unit in the International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design held by MoMA. Subsequently undertaking numerous furniture designs, in 1963 he designed the world’s first Polypropylene Chair, using injection-moulding technology to enable mass-production. His Poly chair became an international smash hit, with over 14 million sold since production began. Robin Day and his wife, textile designer Lucienne Day, are celebrated for bringing popular modern design to Britain.