Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation
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| Founded | 2012 |
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| Founder | Paula Day |
Key people | Paula Day, Paul Thomas, Mary V. Mullin, Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, Fiona MacCarthy OBE[1] |
| Website | www.robinandluciennedayfoundation.org |
The Robin and Luciennne Day Foundation is a design education Charity set up in 2012 by Robin and Lucienne’s only child Paula Day.[2]
The Foundation is the proprietor of all intellectual property rights in the designs of Robin and Lucienne Day. It is dedicated to providing public knowledge of and access to Robin and Lucienne Day’s design legacies and providing resources for the study of design.
The Foundation is run by a Board of Trustees chaired by Paula Day. Professor Sir Christopher Frayling and Fiona MacCarthy OBE are Patrons.
History[edit]
Robin Day (1915 - 2010) and Lucienne Day (1917 - 2010) hold a unique place in 20th century design history. For nearly seven decades they pursued independent careers alongside each other, both making outstanding contributions to British design.[3]
A memorial evening to celebrate their lives and achievements was held in October 2011 at The Royal College of Art, London. At the end of the evening Robin and Lucienne's daughter Paula Day announced her intention to found a Trust in her parents’ names.[4]
The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation was set up in February 2012 and was registered as an Arts and Education Charity (no. 1147979) in July of that year.
The design contents of Robin and Lucienne Day’s Chichester home were donated to a number of national museums and educational institutions, and the house itself was sold to benefit the Foundation in September 2013.[5]
The Foundation’s website went live on May 1st 2014.
The official launch of The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation took place at The Royal College of Art, London on May 6th 2015.[6]
The venue was chosen because Robin and Lucienne had both studied at the RCA and met at a dance there in 1940. The launch marked the start of a season of Robin Day Centenary celebrations.
Objectives and Organisation[edit]
The Foundation's Objectives are:
- To promote knowledge, appreciation and understanding of the nation's design heritage in general, and the work of Robin and Lucienne Day in particular.
- To encourage provision of public access to the design legacies of Robin and Lucienne Day.
- To provide opportunities, in a form true to the democratic spirits of Robin and Lucienne Day, which will enable the general public or students of educational establishments to further their study of design in general, and furniture or textile design in particular.
The Foundation is an independent organisation chaired by Paula Day and run by a Board of Trustees, all of whom donate their time and expertise to further the charity's objectives.[7]
Activities[edit]
The Foundation fulfils its educational Objectives in a number of ways.[8]
Donations to museums[edit]
Designs and design records from the Days’ home and office have been donated to a number of public collections and educational institutions:
- V&A Archives
- V&A Collections
- Design Museum
- Geffrye Museum
- Whitworth Art Gallery
- Glasgow School of Art
- RDI archive at RSA
Digital Archive[edit]
In 2015 the Foundation digitised Robin Day’s design photograph archive. Over 1,300 design images and over 250 portrait photographs of the Days were accessioned and catalogued by archivist Wilhelmina Baldwin and photographed at the Foundation’s office by Gwen Riley-Jones of the Centre for Heritage Imaging and Collection Care, The University of Manchester Library.[9]
Provision of images and information[edit]
The Foundation works with design historians, writers, curators and students to provide archive images and accurate information about Robin and Lucienne Day’s lives and careers.[10]
In 2015 the Foundation produced Robin Day 100 Designs, a poster to celebrate Robin Day’s centenary, featuring archive images of one hundred designs.
Licensing designs[edit]
The Foundation is the proprietor of all intellectual property rights in the works of Robin and Lucienne Day and is responsible for all licensing.[11]
It is committed to maintaining the integrity of their designs and making them accessible and available to people today. The Foundation licenses and endorses only high-quality, authentic productions of Robin and Lucienne Day’s original designs, and all royalties are paid directly to the Foundation to support its work.
All companies which produced licensed endorsed Robin and Lucienne Day designs are listed in the Licensees section of the Foundation’s website.
Awards programme[edit]
The Foundation is developing a programme of awards to provide resources and opportunities for students of design.[12]
The first awards were announced at the Launch on May 6th:
- The Robin Day Furniture Design Award 2015 has been set up in association with The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers to celebrate Robin Day’s Centenary. 100 state secondary schools have been presented with a copy of Modern British Furniture: Design since 1945 (V&A Publishing) to award to their best GCSE Design and Technology student.
- The RCA Robin and Lucienne Day Prize for Ethical and Sustainable Design has been set up to celebrate the launch of the Foundation. It was presented to the Rector at the Launch to award to the RCA final year student who, in the judgement of the Rector and the Chair of the Foundation has best realised a design which embodies Robin and Lucienne’s lifelong commitment to ethical and sustainable design.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ↑ Quoted by Fiona MacCarthy, ‘Celebrated furniture designer famed for his multi-million-selling stacking chairs’, The Guardian, 17 November 2010
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