Detail from Strata curtain fabric, #LucienneDay , 1952. A follow-up to Calyx, the rounded shapes containing tiny seed-like or starry drawings are similar to those in Provence, her iconic wallpaper for the 1951 #FestivalofBritain . Image John Lewis Partnership Archives S6472.

Is this what Robin Day had in mind when he gave his 1952 #RecliningChair such wide armrests? #RobinDay Recliner reissued by twentytwentyone with upholstery weave by Mourne Textiles. Photograph Mark Whitfield.

Dreilinden tableware, #LucienneDay , 1964. This saucer is a survivor from a coffee set used by Lucienne at home. It’s one of her last designs for German #ceramics company #Rosenthal .

New addition to our #archives - 1951 press cutting featuring #exhibition at #Olympia designed by #RobinDay . Spot the #diningchair he’d designed for #RoyalFestivalHall at #FestivalofBritain that same year.

Dreilinden tableware, #LucienneDay , 1964. This saucer is a survivor from a coffee set used by Lucienne at home. It’s one of her last designs for German #ceramics company #Rosenthal .

Is this what Robin Day had in mind when he gave his 1952 #RecliningChair such wide armrests? #RobinDay Recliner reissued by twentytwentyone with upholstery weave by Mourne Textiles. Photograph Mark Whitfield.

Spirit of Spring - from Four Seasons tableware, #LucienneDay , 1958. This plate is one of the items from Lucienne’s own kitchen cupboard which we donated to V&A #ceramics collections. #Spring is represented by this graceful drawing in lime green. #fromthearchives

We are delighted to announce that Shannon Swinburn is Winner of our 2024 Prize Royal College of Art for her MA Textiles work in progress ‘Give Me Guidance.’ Shannon’s innovative research highlights how skilled craftswomen hand-woven computer memory modules for NASA’s moon missions.

Don't miss our Spring newsletter! Out this week announcing the winner of our 2024 Prize Royal College of Art plus full details of exhibitions and events featuring #RobinDay or #LucienneDay . You can sign up here: robinandluciennedayfoundation.org/subcribe.

We mark #SpringEquinox2024 with this handkerchief designed by #LucienneDay for ICI in 1962. In this fresh ‘contemporary’ take on traditional floral themes, the abstract flower buds are in the soft greens and mauves of early Spring. Image #fromthearchives of textile the Whitworth

Forum in fabric - #RobinDay Forum reissued by Case Furniture. The iconic 1965 design was originally made in black leather. The fabric-upholstered version of the new reissue offers warmly tactile and visually lighter classic seating for the home.

Lucienne Day. One of the most influential British textile designers of the 50s/60s and 1st female ‘Master of the Faculty’ for the Royal Designers for Industry. A design consultant who won a Royal Society of Arts Design Management Award for her Waitrose redesign in 1967.

Spot #LucienneDay 's Calyx fabric!

On #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate #LucienneDay as a supremely professional #womandesigner , who left a legacy of female empowerment as well as #textiledesign inspiration. #fromthearchives image of Lucienne in her studio, c.1980s. #InternationalWomensDay 2024

Also on show in Exchanges #exhibition the Whitworth Gallery- #LucienneDay 's Torn Circle #handkerchief , 1962. Created by folding and cutting a circle of black tissue paper, this vibrant design in Whitworth collections may be the only surviving example.

And another new addition to our #archives - 1957 magazine cutting featuring Hille’s #Birmingham showroom. With #RobinDay #furnituredesigns including Reclining Chair (1952). Spot giant version of Hille logo designed by Robin Day!

Perfect pairing - #LucienneDay Dandelion Clocks (1953) reissued by CATdigital and Black Leaf #teatowel (1959) reissued by twentytwentyone. With #RobinDay furniture. #ValentinesDay #valentinegift

New addition to our #archives - Hille advertisement c.1953 featuring #RobinDay Reclining Chair and Mourne Textiles Milano rug in London showroom. ‘Contemporary furniture and furnishings may be seen and ordered here’.

Don't miss #LucienneDay 's Enigma #silkmosaic - now on public display for first time at Whitworth gallery, #Manchester . The 12 panels symbolise different aspects of #water (Raindrops, Ripple,Torrent etc). Part of #WomeninDesign section of Exchanges #exhibition the Whitworth.

Also on show in Exchanges #exhibition the Whitworth Gallery- #LucienneDay 's Torn Circle #handkerchief , 1962. Created by folding and cutting a circle of black tissue paper, this vibrant design in Whitworth collections may be the only surviving example.