Robin Day side table for Habitat in white lacquered metal and wooden top Design

White lacquered metal, melamine, and white ceramic side table. Designed by Robin Day for Habitat. The wood melamine top is reversible; there is a light wood side and a darker wood side. In superb condition. Some signs of wear are visible in the photos. Robin Day. He and his wife, Lucienne, designed numerous pieces of furniture that were particularly brilliant for their innovative dimension. During the 1950s, they overturned the traditional, bourgeois vision of furniture by prioritizing functionality. This new approach gave rise to legendary pieces such as the Polyprop chair (1962-1963) and the Hillestack stackable chair (1950). Biography: Robin Day was born in 1915 in England. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in London. In 1948, he and his wife founded their own design firm. In 1949, he entered the low-cost furniture competition organized by the Moma in New York and won first place. In 1950, he was appointed design director for Hille International. His work was framed in a post-war context. As such, Day was keen to design economical and practical furniture that could fit into small spaces. Technical research was at the heart of his concerns, as demonstrated by the Polyprop chair, designed using injection molding. Robin Day is one of the great figures of design, as he was able to shake up its conventions.