Day to Day

Robin and Lucienne Day
Pioneers of Contemporary Design
Lesley Jackson
Mitchell Beazley, London, 2011

Festival of Britain signpost (1951)

Living Room, Peter Moro's house, Blackheath, London, 1959

Seating and dining areas, Barbican

Desk Jockey

Jean Prouvé
Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 2007

Architect and designer Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) created some wonderfully spare and elegant furniture for industrial clients and municipal commissions in his native France during the middle decades of the last century, a time when égalité and the aesthetics of the visual environment were still respected concepts. Particular favourites are his educational furniture for schools and colleges.

Prove it: dapper neckwear

Also of interest is this design for an open-worked steel panel (1946-52) used in Prouvé's and other architects' building designs. Possible inspiration for the interior of the TARDIS?