robin and lucienne day exhibit and film

‘art by the yard’ installation view at the textile museum, washinton D.C.

the textile museum in washington D.C. is currently displaying an exhibition featuring robin and lucienne day’s work, which opened on the same day as the premiere screening of the new documentary ‘contemporary days: robin and lucienne day design the UK’.

design onscreen – the initiative for architecture and design on film produced the new ninety-minute film on the influential british designers. the film traces the days’ personal and professional progression over the course of their careers, spanning more than seventy years.

the coinciding exhibition, ‘art by the yard: women design mid-century britain’ runs until september 12, 2010. the show features the work of the day’s in addition to the work of textile artists jacqueline groag and marian mahler. the show displays textiles together with preliminary drawings and collages, ceramics and period furniture much of which was culled from the collection of jill a. wiltse and h. kirk brown III, the founders of design onscreen.

http://www.designonscreen.org http://www.textilemuseum.org

lucienne and robin day ‘fall’ (detail) by lucienne day, 1952 (manufactured by edinburgh weavers) jill a. wiltse and h. kirk brown III collection of british textiles

‘art by the yard’ installation view at the textile museum, washinton D.C.

‘untitled (pebbles)’ (detail) by jacqueline groag, 1952 (manufactured by david whitehead) jill a. wiltse and h. kirk brown III collection of british textiles

‘untitled (mobiles black)’ (detail) by marian mahler, 1952 (manufactured by david whitehead) jill a. wiltse and h. kirk brown III collection of british textiles

‘untitled (bird chair)’ (detail) by marian mahler, 1953 (manufactured by david whitehead) jill a. wiltse and h. kirk brown III collection of british textiles