Robin Day Hillestack chair, 1950

We're saddened with the news that furniture designer Robin Day has sadly passed away. Best known for his mass-produced polypropylene stac...

Robin Day. I love the wing like arms of this chair. the provide plenty of space for a magazine or cup of coffee. I could easily see my self unwinding or starting my weekends with a coffee and a to-do list in this chair. Repinned by derekeroche.com

You can pick up the standard version elsewhere, but the special edition 1950s Robin Day 675 Chair is only at The Conran Shop

We bid a fond farewell to one of the greats of British post-war design history.

Angular, geometric shapes, hard edges, and monolithic constructions. You are either in a Lego set or looking at an example of brutalist architecture. It’s a devise style, with some seeing it as the pinnacle of function over form, while others just think of endless, soulless commie blocks, with rotting, exposed concrete.

The London home of the fifties design giants

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He made his name with innovative furniture, but Robin Day was also an accomplished graphic designer