Robin Day End Table attributed to Habitat International in Lacquered Metal and Wood

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Side tables in white lacquered metal and melamine and white ceramic
Design by Robin Day for Habitat.
The wooden melamine … Read more Side tables in white lacquered metal and melamine and white ceramic
Design by Robin Day for Habitat.
The wooden melamine top is reversible, there is a light wood side and a darker wood side.
In superb condition. Some signs of wear are visible in the photos.

Robin DAY
He and his wife Lucienne designed numerous pieces of furniture that were particularly brilliant in their innovative dimension. During the 1950s, they overturned the traditional and bourgeois vision of furniture by favoring functionality. from this new approach were born legendary pieces such as the Polyprop chair (1962-1963) and the Hillestack stackable chair (1950). Biography Robin Day was born in 1915 in England. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in London.
In 1948, he founded their own design office with his wife. In 1949, he participated in the Low-Cost Furniture competition organized by the MoMa in New York and won first place.
In 1950, he was appointed design director of Hille International.
His work takes place in a post-war context. As a result, Day was keen to design economical and practical furniture that could therefore fit into small spaces.
Technical research was at the heart of his concerns, as shown by the Polyprop chair designed using injection molding. Robin Day is one of the great figures of design because he knew how to disrupt its codes. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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