Robin Day 🔍

Furniture designer (1915 - 2010)

Robin Day was Britain's most influential post-war furniture designer, creating the mass-producible polypropylene stacking chair (the 'Hille Chair') and affordable, functional seating for public spaces. He championed democratic design, low-cost manufacturing, and engineered simplicity.

Mentors & Influences (Looking Backward)

Unknown Influence Log in to Generate
Unknown Influence Log in to Generate
Unknown Influence Log in to Generate
Unknown Influence Log in to Generate
Unknown Influence Log in to Generate
Unknown Influence Log in to Generate
Unknown Influence Log in to Generate
Unknown Influence Log in to Generate
Unknown Influence Log in to Generate
Unknown Influence Log in to Generate
Unknown Influence Log in to Generate
Unknown Influence Log in to Generate

Inspired By Robin Day (Looking Forward)

100%
Jasper Morrison
Industrial designer
Day's commitment to affordable, mass-produced, functional seating for ordinary people—without stylistic vanity—directly inspired Morrison's own democratic approach to furniture design.