Polypropylene Chair (Mark II)
1964 · Chair
Victoria and Albert Museum
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Robin Day
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Prize Designs for Modern Furniture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950
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Robin Day was a British furniture designer and architect whose molded plywood and plastic seating became foundational to postwar modernism. Working primarily in the 1950s and 1960s, he developed stackable chairs and storage systems that merged industrial production with restrained formal elegance, establishing a template for democratic, affordable design. His work bridged craft sensibility and mass manufacturing, influencing generations of industrial designers across Europe and North America.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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