Guided by a pragmatic, creative ethos and socia

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conscience, British designer Robin Day found acclaim

after winning first place in the storage section of

the Museum of Modern Art’s Low-Cost Furnitur

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Competition in New York in 1948. His designs were

not only considered to achieve an equilibrium between

comfort and utility, but expressed an optimistic

approach towards the future and the creative modalities

that would shape it. Day’s works also represented a shift

in the collective mindset towards form and materiality

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causing ripples throughout the fabric of modern design

in the process

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