LIVING ROOM SETTING AT THE MILAN TRIENNALE, ROBIN DAY, 1951, FEATURING DESIGNS BY ROBIN DAY AND LUCIENNE DAY.
Photography courtesy of THE ROBIN AND LUCIENNE DAY FOUNDATION, ALL IMAGES © ROBIN & LUCIENNE DAY FOUNDATION
FURNITURE DESIGNER ROBIN DAY GREW UP SURROUNDED BY Britain’s thriving furniture industry of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He studied at High Wycombe School of Art and worked as a draftsman in a local furniture factory before winning a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London. Despite his education, he is considered to be mostly self-taught, as the RCA offered few courses in furniture design at the time. World War II broke out just a year after he finished his formal education, drastically limiting his work options but also dramatically influencing his design ethos.